From:
Michael Ware (poetmware@tiscali.co.uk)

Change

With hope and expectation factored in
The post-inaugural world seems that much brighter.
No longer do we concentrate on sin.
Now guiding hand is black the touch is lighter.

The rhetoric has promised major change
And we accept him at his silver word.
We know that good comes closer into range
And he will wash away shoe-fouling turd.

The worry is the problems are so deep
That action must be swift and bring on pain.
We must our faith in black messiah keep
And with him brace ourselves to take the strain.

Although we start upon another road
One man can scarcely shoulder such a load.


24.1.09

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