The monarchs are back
after an arduous journey
from, of all places, Mexico.
Monarchs will leave, eventually.
We now have a monarch in D.C.
who also road in over Mexico.
Unlike the butterfly
which sips nectar and gathers pollen
to leave the garden better and intact,
the D.C. monarch calls flowers weeds
in his obstinate refusal to face facts
and cuts every bloom in the garden back.
He leaves the soil once rich and black
lie fallow so the garden cannot grow back.
This monarch guards his new wasteland
that those who come to take his place
can plant their own seeds
of power and greed.
The monarch will leave as all men must
beneath the weight of soil, and those who lust
for power will take his place in the dead of winter,
and amidst the death of democracy inter
our constitutional republic.
Gardens need much more than monarchs to thrive.
It takes great effort to keep freedom alive.
annarino writes 