Editor’s note: The following was written prior to the election and Veterans Day, but the timing did not allow it to be published in the newspaper prior to those events.
Editor:
When you see the world
and the way it is now
you wonder why, when,
and most of all, how
How did this happen
is it really progress?
or are there some issues
we need to address:
How did we allow
this sad, violent change
law and order to
stop and rearrange?
Turn our backs
on unrelenting crime
have cities fall
to filth and grime?
Not call to task
elected people, who
forgot their oaths
while their wealth grew?
Too many have stayed
years too long
when retirement or jail
is where they belong.
The men and women
who fought and served
still haven’t gotten
what they deserved.
Veterans will be honored
on next Friday
and those still serving
will stay safe, I pray.
Maybe next Tuesday,
when the vote comes in
corrupt officials will be out
and our nation will win.
Mary Betts
Sweet Home