Politicians at a Playground
Politicians at a playground bounce like toddlers
on creaking seesaws, swing like children
on tire swings, laugh like babies
without a care in the world
Hulking bodies crack the structures
Children at court fight like lawyers
for their lives, act like adults
to survive, plead like beggars
whose lives waste away
They break under the stress
Boys will be boys, they
play silly games, they
have screaming contests, they
chase girls around
Strength is all you need
Girls will be girls, too
weak and too cowardly, too
docile, too fierce,
always understood
To be the perpetrator
They are playing war
Everything shatters
The war is real
by VICTORIA WOO