The Eventful Eventuality Indictingly uninviting Some long for new wars along two fronts Incitingly so exciting For some though others do the fighting Two more too many wars at once What goes up comes down not surprising Some ride the brink of after all Others think pride goes before a fall They find themselves strongmen I find them wrong men Would there were more women Never mind Putin Nor his Manchurian Candidate strongman Now as he has his way With the USA Events have a way of rising Up to disrupt things surprisingly To be overcomes not to be In the event eventually Something to learn the hard way for The rich who itch for another war Before the poor rise up to see Through schemes to keep dreams from coming true If maybe some Macrons No more You-Know-Whos Far fewer Erdogans No Netanyahus But whatever the name Whoever to blame We could do better than This (I think we can) After all of the tricks of some Others trickled-down upon will come To overcome surprisingly To dream otherwise and see it through When rising up seems what to do And how to be if disruptively From not to be to free in the Eventful eventuality Steven Curtis Lance