Cross My Heart, Hope to Die

”Cross my heart and hope to die.”
A pledge of children in days gone by,
a promise pure as freedom’s cry.
Now we are drenched with lie upon lie
pouring down from powers on high.
Again and again and again and again
we’re told they will deal with the fevered sky
that keeps getting hotter by and by.
Sigh.
Everyone knows why.
Sigh.
Everyone knows we’re all gonna die.
Sigh.
Unless we stop hoping gold elephants will fly.
Stop following the dictates to buy, buy, buy.
Start chipping their grip with try, try, try.
Stop whining and cackling about me, me, my
and get our eye
on we, we, we
to focus our I
and realize Together is both How and Why.
Cross my heart and hope to die.

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“The people in control are out of control
telling us that if we vote for their clowns
they’ll fix the problems their rule is causing.”
Dartwill Aquila

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The West Bank is now the Judea-Samaria area.