Humpty Trumpty Sat On A Wall

Prose Poem

John O'Neill
ILLUMINATION
Published in
2 min readJan 4

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Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash

Humpty Trumpty sat on a wall(one on the border, of course)
Humpty Trumpty had a great fall
All his MAGA supporters
All the NRA ministers of destruction
And despite the fervent prayers of supplicants
And Fox News
Nothing could put Humpty Trumpty together again

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John O'Neill
ILLUMINATION

Retired human services executive, living in Massachusetts near Boston, trying to be a better human being each day than the day before.