Onslaught

Lady Liberty slumbers
as her country
reels
from assaults
on her institutions,
expertise, leadership,
watchdogs, guardrails,
checks, balances,
rules, rights, laws,
cultures, traditions, values,
truth, justice, compassion,
hopes, dreams,
and future.

49/365

A version of this poem first appeared on Bluesky. Whispered into the acoustic sensors of the sleeping dreaming android, it prompted the electric sheep to generate one more tomorrow…

The AI rendered this poem as the Statue of Liberty, off her pedestal, in a crumpled position, looking sad.