It Makes a Difference to the Sheep

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE POETRY CONTEST: Hosted by Mistakes Were Made Not too many entries yet, but this one might be my early favorite:

I came at dawn
armed only with words and ideas
the enemy sought to
ought to
was fraught to
belittle me.

I soldiered on
through muck and rake
hardly noticed by those
who say they matter
but who live the life
of superficiality

I survive this test
born of destiny and desire
it does not kill me
nor does it wound me
because I am brawn
Carol Mosely-Braun.