Political Poem

Mike Essig
1 min readMar 19, 2017

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Tweetspeak Poetry

When only twenty,
I was led
to slaughter.

I survived.

Take no comfort
from this.

Bravery and
courage do not
matter.

Luck is random
and dumb.

History tells us,

when your personal
holocaust arrives,

you most likely
will not.

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Mike Essig
Mike Essig

Written by Mike Essig

Honorary Schizophrenic. Recent refugee. Displaced person. Old white male. Confidant of cassowaries.

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