ONWARDS WISCONSIN
BY TOM LEONARD
ANCESTRAL HOME OF THE SAUK,
1983 GAY RIGHTS STATE,
MID-WEST MAD CITY OF BEZERKELEY WAS
OASIS OF LIBERTY DURING VIETNAM WAR,
SPRING GREEN, VALE OF SHAKESPEAREAN CHARM,
DIVERSE SPIRITUALITIES UNDERLY
MONONA AND MENDOTA,
THE LAKES OF THE SUNRISE AND SUNSET.
WYALUSING EPITOMISES BEAUTY FOREVER
MISSISSIPPI IS THE BLOODLINE OF LIFE
SPIRIT OF LOMBARDI REIGNS TILL ETERNITY
YET POLITICS ARE MENTAL,
AS DAFT AS McCARTHY AND COHN;
TOWNSHIP OF BROOKFIELD TURNS TURTLE WITH TRUMP;
WHEN JACOB BLAKE IS SHOT IN KENOSHA,
BLACK PROTESTORS NEEDLESSLY DIE,
OBJECTORS CAST AS MERE LIBERALS
CHILD ASSASSIN FROM ANTIOCH IDOLISED
AS INNOCENT AS A FLY.
BUT STRICKEN WAUKESHA AND CRAZY WISCONSIN
WILL RISE AGAIN TO LEAD US
AND TO RIPPLE GOODNESS AROUND THE WORLD
ONWARDS WISCONSIN, AND SAVE US
FROM THE VICISSITUDES
THAT PROMISE TO CURTAIL US
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