It appears my country is bleeding out
from wounds cut both shallow and deep.
Blood flows from old wounds reopened.
Those hurt the worst, do not doubt.
We see patterns of hate where cuts scar.
MAGA rubs the body politic until it burns.
It wears long sleeves to clothe and hide
the wounds of Project 2025.
Our collective guilt has finally won out.
Cutters inhabit the White House
screaming fake rage and fake news
that makes great TV
but leaves the world crying to see
the death of a once-great democracy.
Stop the bleeding we beg and plead.
Staunch the flow, lower those hands
cutting so eagerly
to destroy the place we once felt safe,
if not perfectly, at least happily, free.
Cutters cannot stop themselves.
It is up to you and me.
annarino writes 