A Loose Cannon Poem by John Sensele

A loose cannon loosens known expletives
In a net show of defiance on Planet Invective without any science to back up
His boast on a coast of souls confused and contused when electives
Walk on their heads shredding a country's future with tears poured in a masquerade cup.

A loose cannon soon slumps down on a finishing line and collapses
After a marathon race that displaced common sense on a fence of indignities
Unleashed to bite any fish that dared to sap chemicals from his synapses
Until buoyed up by boisterous cheerleaders, the demagogue acknowledges futilities.

A loose cannon now peers down up a periscope where barbs
He'd unleashed on priests, pedestrians and philanthropists
Race towards him at high celerity with scabs and artificial intelligence crabs
That demand restitution and reparations for calling them rapists.

A loose cannon presses a button to induce stress
On neighbours from the South when he builds a Berlin Wall
To prevent fruit pickers, dish washers, shoe shine boys and waitresses in distress
From grabbing jobs from PhD holders who somehow can't play ball.