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haiku republicans, by Steven Rugel

loveth thy neighbor

but not as much as yourself!

christ was no commie

politics deals with

which man gets what, how and why

(and who gets left out)

winston s churchill

bequeathed his habits to us

imperialists

for the love of man

someone please disarm iran!

they do not trust us!

for the love of christ

someone please disarm them twice!

we do not trust them!

ron paul's barney fife

“we need to disarm ourselves!

we are not peaceful!”

mitt romney atom bomb for jesus

(what i thought as i watched

mormon mitt romney's acceptance speech at the rnc)

do

american voters

reaaaaaally want to give full control

of the united states of america's nuclear arsenal

to a man who believes he can bring jesus christ back?

well...do they?

mitt romney believes that if the mount of olives is split in two

- which mount splitting he as president could do with one missile -

jesus comes back to earth in all his glory with an army of angels

he returns to reign over the world for 1000 years of blissful peace!

(half the world ruled from missouri through the mormon church

you know, joseph smith's ministry, he brings holy laws to you

from his backwoods ozark hillbilly garden of eden hq in missouri

the other half of the world is jesus ruling what's left from jerusalem)

does the american voter really want

a book of mormon believing

joseph smith preaching

apocalypse awaiting

mormon president

who believes that

to save the world

he must simply

one missile launch

one tiny mountain split?

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Steven Rugel is a poet with a political science degree currently living in Decatur, Georgia.

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