Fake Views a la Oedipus

           Fake Views a la Oedipus

America is throbbing with those who

Have thrown away the truth, have stabbed their eyes

Out.  Misery of coveting shoots through

What used to be their heartblood.  They breathe lies

And when they do not get enough, a mouth

Produces more, crude lips below a blond

Coiffure of harshness speaking hate.  The South

Must rise again from Scarlett’s slimy pond

Where pets like alligators wait to shred

In hope.  They do not dream.  Their reptile fangs

Lie waiting, prejudices underfed.

Their Satan hisses teasings with hoax bangs.

  The claques of people loathing history

    Choose propaganda’s poisoned mystery.

Phillip Whidden