Moslem Democracy?
by k. e. leger
looking outside the box
this middle eastern
democracy-wanting flock
seems to rob
a well-educated historian’s trot
a study of france
just a tiny drop
adds interesting stock
america’s revolution
—a total flop
had france opted
to wait out the clock
washington—
in a corner
he was knocked
congress tied a knot
supplies—finances
refusing to aid
a revolution’s field job
at every angle
washington—
they did block
with france’s aid
—the british
george did stop
france’s time to chop
an invading british mob
asked for help
from those
they helped put on top
thomas jefferson fought
every denying dot
america’s leaders
refused every begging sob
leaving france
on it’s own
to fight this terrorizing crock
america’s strongest ally
—a continuing bond
think not
since the1700s
france stood independent
trusting not one lot
remaining neutral
through wars’ wop
amerca tried to unknot
two wars—
protecting france’s pot
damage—
their revolutionary clot
on their history
america remains
a silent blot
a forward hop
to the year 2004
jacques chirac—
leader of france’s rock
didn’t want to clog
saddam hussein’s dictating pod
praises—a man of courage
yasser arafat got
looking at france
its moslem-populating crop
seems a carefully placed ally
turned france’s knob
third round’s charm
for lebanon
chirac’s heart throbbed
emile lahoud—
we must clob
expand democracy
to george w
france extended
its favoring rod
united nation’s resolution 1559
a demanding bob
foreign security cop
out of lebanon
syria must quickly jog
rallying lebanon’s people
—a cedar revolution
syria’s occupation did rot
democracy “mocked”
election to jot
fouad siniora took
lebanon’s prime minister’s job
success for freedom
or just something to blog
lebanon, palestine, iraq
wearers of islam’s frock
religiously prays
five times a day
kneeling—facing
muhammad’s beginning
democracy—christian
killing play
it’s strange for me to say it, but this process of change has started because of the american invasion of iraq…I was cynical about iraq…but when I saw the iraqi people voting three weeks ago, eight million of them, it was the start of a new arab world…the syrian people, the egyptian people, all say that something is changing..the berlin wall has fallen…we can see it
labanese politician walid jumblatt
carefully notched
rising tides of democracy in the middle east….
george w’s celebrated hip-hop
a true christian jock
back to the history sock-hop
through time’s tic-tock
islamic moslems—
praising democracy
hater of christians
now
—working side by side
doesn’t quite fit
their muhammad’s
democracy—christian
hating prop
this
we want democracy pop
too many eastern countries
wanting a free-democracy cot
seems a too-sudden plop
moslem’s islamic history
swords—guns
blood-stained
—steaming red hot
doesn’t mop
with this new democracy lock
scratch your head
scratch your crotch
this switching of socks
hate to peace
seems a bit blotched
too many moslems
going against embedded beliefs
their muhammad’s written-quran knot
then comes barrack
breaking up our fort knox
while americans
relax in their dens
smoking cigars
drinking wine
sipping spiked eggnog
in accord with history
islam seems
to have thrown out a lollipop
like any good politician
for the apple—bob
adhering to muhammad
the entire world we’ll sop
ring out
in one islamic blob
placing islam atop
turning
democracies—christians
to slop
I don’t drive a saab
I’m not a slob
honesty—truth
I refuse to hock
all this—
not some out-of-the-air fot
just an outside look
at this strange—sudden
democracy-wanting knock
watching how
american leaders disregard
history’s clock
as time’s tic-toc
slowly unveils
islam’s hidden plot
