The steam rises
then falls
the heat so intense
it moves water
contained in its place
full of promise of a safe space.
Boiling water bubbles slowly
moves the air in structured grace.
The heat so intense
the water’s breath struggles
to escape its place
through a too-tight space.
Water whistles its distress
and warns of eruption,
possible destruction
of water’s very life and form
No longer able to flow in norms,
left on the stove-top too long
over too high a heat,
preparing for 2025 promises
unneeded, unwanted, unexpected.
The pot empties indecently.
No sudden soggy mess;
just scattered patterns of distress.
All we wanted was a cuppa tea.
That tea thrown overboard
not so long ago.
Now, heat too intense
begins to melt the pot itself.
Overheated, its healing waters
empty into dry, thin air.
Air too thin and too tired to care,
that hot air cannot fill our need for tea.
Our tea cups remain bare.
The only cuppa I may ever again see
is the one left in my memory.
annarino writes 
LETTER TO GEORGE WASHINGTON
Dear George,
I write to you
with unfortunate news.
The position you first held
as leader of our new nation
is no more.
The “mister” you insisted
was to be your title,
one you proudly wore,
has been put aside.
“Mister” President is now free
to commit crimes
with immunity.
You put your sizable fortune,
your very life,
your sacred honor
on the line
to create a new nation
where no man is divine.
Each “mister” can be
charged with a crime,
presumed innocent
until found guilty at trial.
All evidence subject to review;
no hiding behind position.
No man above the law.
Until now.
The king you and your patriots
deposed is back in charge.
I mourn the useless
suffering and death at Valley Forge.
The Robert’s Court
threw you, your men and all of us
under the despotic, greedy bus
of those as wealthy as you
and our Founding Fathers were.
They do not use their power of wealth
as you did…for us.
They use theirs with stealth
to rule with absolute immunity
of positional power.
They destroy our nation hour by hour.
We can no longer question
the acts in which crime’s plans are mentioned.
Such Republicans have wrought
what King George the Third could not;
The destruction of our democracy,
and replaced it with autocracy.
My dearest George.
Our republic will soon be no more.
Please pray for us,
I most sincerely implore.
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