Let Tyrants Fall As They Fall

Let tyrants fall as they fall

bump! bump! bump! bump!

into ledges that jut

from jagged edges of rocks

and double over in tortured pain

only to bump! bump! some more

all over again

let grains of dust rise

and settle with finality

on their demise

a swastika of their hypocrisy

for ages we’ve been served

a dessert of deserts

desiccate purposes aver

we now reassert

collective sovereignty

tyranny shall not prevail

we, the people declare our liberty

human rights must avail

let tyrants fall as they fall

let Nazis fall

by their own blitzkrieg

fall shamefaced down

like the ostrich

head in the ground.

Akpan