We Killed Another Leader Last Night
We Killed Another Leader Last Night
We killed another leader last night,
collapsing his subterranean site.
What so proudly we hailed by dawns early light
How’d I run out of cream for my coffee?
We offed Ayatollah and all of his kin,
except for one son with a cardboard grin.
Whose profile appears incredibly thin
Can’t believe that my mower is broken!
We killed yet another leader today,
just don’t let the numbers get in the way.
The fog of this war simply works that way
Why is petrol four dollars a gallon?
Ah, there goes a second carrier group,
to clear that mined strait for our stalwart troops.
A large fan awaits the inevitable poop
I won’t drive in the snow with those tires.
It’s lunchtime, and we’ve lost another jet,
but haven’t extinguished the lunatics yet.
Despite all the hype on my TV set
Now, where did I hide the bologna?
Critics crowing trite carbon copy words –
which fill the airwaves – are for the birds.
Please do not forsake the stateless Kurds
Feels as if my bald spot is growing.
Sans a deal, we’ll torch the general staff,
a Tomahawk strike from stealthy aircraft.
All hell will rain down on Sāmirī’s vain calf
Come July, I’ll have moths in my closet.
What danger still lurks behind every rock?
Is it worse than that Karen, who lives down the block?
Enmity springs eternal – I know that’s a shock
When did Post discontinue Post Toasties?
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Anthony C. Hayes is an actor, author, raconteur, rapscallion and bon vivant. A one-time newsboy for the Evening Sun and professional presence at the Washington Herald, Tony’s poetry, photography, humor, and prose have also been featured in Smile, Hon, You’re in Baltimore!, Destination Maryland, Magic Octopus Magazine, Los Angeles Post-Examiner, Voice of Baltimore, SmartCEO, Alvarez Fiction, and Tales of Blood and Roses. If you notice that his work has been purloined, please let him know. As the Good Book says, “Thou shalt not steal.”