The Mouth that Roars
Just the sound of his voice,
Awakens memories of fingernails on a blackboard,
Of tires screeching outside at midnight,
Of coarse sandpaper on raw wood,
Of babies crying and crying and crying,
Of a neighbor weed-eating at 3 am!
It’s an audible recording
from a medieval torture chamber.
Without even considering the stupidity
And malevolence of the words:
Point guns at Liz Cheney,
Paint Kamala with “low i.q.,”
Shoot at him
through the dishonest media,
Vow revenge on all who disagree,
Proclaim “rigged”
even before the votes are counted!
How can the most immoral man
In the universe
Get a single vote?
Lilian Dipasupil Kunimasa was born January 14, 1965, in Manila Philippines. She has worked as a retired Language Instructor, interpreter, caregiver, secretary, product promotion employee, and private therapeutic masseur. Her works have been published as poems and short story anthologies in several language translations for e-magazines, monthly magazines, and books; poems for cause anthologies in a Zimbabwean newspaper; a feature article in a Philippine newspaper; and had her works posted on different poetry web and blog sites. She has been writing poems since childhood but started on Facebook only in 2014. For her, Poetry is life and life is poetry.
Lilian Kunimasa considers herself a student/teacher with the duty to learn, inspire, guide, and motivate others to contribute to changing what is seen as normal into a better world than when she steps into it. She has always considered life as an endless journey, searching for new goals, and challenges and how she can in small ways make a difference in every path she takes. She sees humanity as one family where each one must support the other and considers poets as a voice for Truth in pursuit of Equality and proper Stewardship of nature despite the hindrances of distorted information and traditions.
