10 AUGUST FROM COAST TO COAST

AT ST TROPEZ  IT’S A CHARMED LIFE   

THE POOL PARTY PARTIES ON

FACE MASKS RELEGATED TO CHIN GUARDS OR NOT AT ALL  

FREEDOM FOR THE FEW IS SOMETHING CHILLED+FIZZY

FROLICKING TILL STAFF FALL ILL+THE BAR CLOSES

THEN THE IN CROWD MOVES OUT+ON TO THE NEXT ONE   

IN NEW JERSEY  THE GOLF CLUB MEMBERS HAVE NO TASTE  

BUT WHO NEEDS DISCERNMENT WHEN YOU’RE WITH THE MONEY+THE PRESIDENT’S WITH YOU? 

HE SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDERS FOR POOR RELIEF IN THE CLUBHOUSE BALLROOM 

WITH PENS AS THICK AS A WHITEBOARD MARKER

AND A SIGNATURE THAT’S FULL FIVE SECONDS TO COMPLETE   

CAN YOU FATHOM IT? 

IN BEIRUT THE PEOPLE BROUGHT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR AND NOW ANOTHER 

BUT HOW WILL THEY KNOW THE DIFFERENCE?

WHEN YOU CAN HARDLY TELL IF THERE’S A GOVERNMENT AT ALL

WISHING THAT MORE OF WHAT WE DO 
COULD HAVE MORE CONSEQUENCE 
YOURS TRULY  
THE NEWS POET