Will the revolution ever begin? by Robert Clapsadle

Rio Rita

moved to Vermont

started a movement

to murder the Count

seeds of change

blown by the wind

        will the revolution

        ever begin?

 

Mothers and fathers

stick to the code

don't want their

children

to ignite or explode

they shudder at windows

and pull down the shades

and exhort the children

to get better grades

 

Rita goes hungry

on pancakes and gin

and joins the marauders

crossing the borders

who are asking the

        question

as righteous as sin

will the revolution

ever begin?