SOUTH-AMERICAN DREAM

1.

Seven teens

Went on a trip

To South America

But the rhetoric, a

redundant old script,

All based upon dreams

Of wars, and hysterical

Massive long whips

Engraving their signs—

Through irregular lines—

On the limbs—and rips—

Till men and women

Could reach their freedom

From behind cold bars

To watch the speeches

Of wolves and leeches

On how free they are!

2.

On the other hand,

Right from the Left

The Savior does stand:

Posing high and deft

(Posing blind and deaf?)

On a throne called Bluff:

All painted in Red

All tainted and shredded

Half chain'd, half handcuff'd!