They wear war paint
Of red, white and blue.
Wave flags
From a bloodied past.
Shout battlecries
That claim false truths.
Spurred on by a man
They idolise.
A man whose only god
Is in the mirror.
Emma Mooney
BIO:
Author of A Beautiful Game and Wings to Fly
Please visit my author website at www.emmamooney.co.uk Or follow me on Twitter @EmmaMooney21
RELEVANT COVER LETTER: “Dear editors,
I saw your call for submissions on Facebook and I’m attaching a short poem I wrote last night after watching the horrific images and scenes coming out of Washington. I’m a Scottish novelist and poet and felt compelled to express my anger. “
