Soothsayers cry Armageddon’s advent.

Poisonous asps of politics’ prose

strike from headlines with fervor’s fangs

calling the peaceful to bear arms and fight.

Rolling over mercy’s soft dough

fanatical bulldozers raze logic

leaving swathes of hatred and revenge

morphing into pythons of cold reason.

Coursing through society’s veins

hot venom spreads its insane heat

side winding across meek and mighty

causing calm men to howl for blood.

Wringing sanity from innocent minds

deeply embedded anacondas squeeze

leaving headaches of madness and mayhem

waiting for Hell’s gates to open.