A Year to Forget: The Trump Regime

Earth put a roaring halt
to our empty rabid existence
ceasing marathon plastic productions
disintegrating worldwide stock markets
shuttering ubiquitous greed

Earth put a roaring halt
to our multimillion-dollar-games
sunk crude oil markets to asunder
stopped our titillating trophy hunts
our eating bloody meat in hoards
our cruel trampling of the land
put an end to our soiling of the skies
our tarnishing the homes where water-beasts are born

In one thunderous clap the Planet hurled
an instant standstill to our haywire
to our decapitation of mountain tops
our butchering of tree-communities
to our murdering sprees of elephant
and whale, tiger infants
and elders, mothers and girls

Throughout passing days of sirens
our existence is halted
a new plague set into motion
our mass die-off
launched.

© Copyright Nancy Mercado



Nancy Mercado received the American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement. She has been featured at Lincoln Center, The Whitney Museum, and the University of Nantes in France, among others. Mercado has authored two books, seven theater plays, and has edited three anthologies. For more info: Nancy-Mercado.com.