Wishful Thinking

Posted by Paul F. Lenzi on February 9, 2018

Posted in: Free Form, Free Verse, POETRY, POLEMICS. Tagged: Decency, Democracy, Ethics, Fantasy, Fighting, Honesty, Integrity, Politics, Righteousness, Wishful Thinking. 9 Comments

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“Wotan” by Konstantin Vasiliev

I fight as a god
hurling powers
at breastplates
disheveling foes
shaking men
from the rot of
ignoble ideas
quaking doctrines
immoral and
dirty with greed
till they shatter
slip down into
cracks of failed
ethics regaining
a measure of
grace for the
world re-instilling
integrity honesty
values of shared
common decency
plumping the near
shriveled veins
of democracy
gasping its lungs
in extremis

From my book Pieces of Wine

9 comments on “Wishful Thinking”

Elle Nguyen on February 9, 2018 at 10:52 am said:

I love the spacing.

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- Paul F. Lenzi on February 10, 2018 at 9:45 am said:
  
  thanks for commenting
  
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mikesteeden on February 9, 2018 at 11:34 am said:

You wouldn’t mind sending Wotan across the pond, would you? Looking at the state of our politicians on all sides I believe we need all the help we can muster! Super poem, Paul

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- Paul F. Lenzi on February 10, 2018 at 9:45 am said:
  
  I’ll have a word with him posthaste
  
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Peter Notehelfer on February 9, 2018 at 11:48 am said:

“Sometimes wishing is the wings the truth comes true on.
Sometimes the truth is what sets us wishing for it.” ~ Frederick Buechner

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- Paul F. Lenzi on February 10, 2018 at 9:43 am said:
  
  thanks for bringing him to my attention
  
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syl65 on February 10, 2018 at 5:11 pm said:

Always relevant..

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- Paul F. Lenzi on February 10, 2018 at 10:42 pm said:
  
  sincere thanks
  
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  - syl65 on February 11, 2018 at 9:24 am said:
    
    You’re welcome,Paul!
    
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