Watching the interview,
you are grinning like a Cheshire cat
at the Mad Hat(t)ers
Tea Party.
You’re smiling,
orange you,
saying
“Nobody’s being hurt-
Its for your own good-
We will win this fight-
It is the principle of the thing.”
And all the time,
I know,
you have
no
guts.
Someone else has lit the flame,
flickering behind your eyes.
And that grin
is only hiding
the emptiness
in your
big
fat
head.
thecourseofourseasons 
Oh, fantastic! Very well done!
Well done!
Ha! brilliant, Kathleen – just brilliant! 🙂
Hi. one fine photo… and I love the ‘no guts’ metaphor in the poem. Jane
Zing! Perfect.
Gutless Pumpkins could be a new rock group, or a new wing of the Republican party; you rocked the prompt, Kathleen; served up something humorous, but prickly with political barbs & undisputed truths; well done, thanks.
Very well done–much more bite than mine! So crazy. k.
I’m with the others on that “someone else has lit the flame” line – super.
Love the photo, and love the poem. Well done!
I love this… A poem and an image (and much left unsaid) speaks so much more powerfully than prose!
Oh this is brilliant.. I love the comment that someone else has lit the flame… a real punch (which I doubt they’ll ever understant)
I am so sorry the cheshire cat had to get mixed up in this–must be a case of mistaken identity–though the imagery more than works. Bravo.
Yes, they’d be better off as jack-o-lanterns! I can just see that cheshire grin, too.
someone else lit the flame behind your eyes….oh great line….
and yes they are gutless…and thoughtless in their comments as well…
Points WELL made!!
Emptiness in those big fat heads ~ Enjoyed your “rant” here ~ We have our own share too ~
I have been yelling at the TV, and it doesn’t care.
I have been emailing my congressman and he doesn’t care!
What a strong line in this way of thinking: can be an indication of all sorts of things.
And the accompanying picture is a gem.
oha… there are way too many of those gutless pumpkins in the political landscape…ha… well played k.