Contrary to that old
cautionary tale
the Three Little Pigs
a straw house can last
one thousand years
so long as it's
fortified with mud
and the longest
ongoing arguments
for why Cliven Bundy
should be considered
a patriotic hero
and not an ungrateful moocher
who let his 900 cows
munch for 20 years
on federal grasses
and presumably would not
breathe a sigh of relief
at the cessation of his
government oppression
were he suddenly
rounded up and consigned
to a fun life
of truly "free" ranching
can survive unchallenged
until the spirit of his life
is betrayed by his utterance
of the letter.
This poem © 2014 Emily Cooper.
