The Duel

The rule for this contest is that you have 15 minutes to write a story or poem. The prompt was a picture two men standing back to back preparing to duel.

The Duel

I say there Blue
I disagree
A smaller government
Is the key

But Red, our health
Is what’s at stake
I do believe
Your protests fake

No, I am right
It’s you that’s wrong
It’s blah, blah spend
That same old song

Being angry
Won’t help nary a bit
Not while I’m smart
And you idiot

Call me bad names
If that’s your game
I too know how
To play without shame

Look whose talking
With racist slant
You have no case
You’re the party of “Can’t”

Oh now you’ve gone
A bit too far
Time to push back
To behead a Czar

Are you out
Of your freaking mind?
Forget about facts,
You’ve crossed the line

Let’s fight then now
Just you and me
Forget the rest
Of the country

Our egos clash
The news eggs us on
We lose ourselves
All logic is gone

The republic watches
As its glory days ebb
We both lost the duel
Our liberty bled

Our blood’s on the grass
Borne of argumentative lust
Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust