It Only Takes One Bad Orange Poem by Hebert Logerie

It only takes one bad orange
To rot the entire basket
That's true and strange
It only takes one unusual nut
To burn down the whole block
Very often the bully will mock
The minority and the destitute
It takes one infected prostitute
To contaminate the whole country
This is sad, scary, and crazy.

It only takes a very bad one
To fool the uneducated pools
To mess-up the brain of the fools
This is an unusual season
Where civility and decency
Are thrown off the balcony
Countless innocent citizens
Are hurting. This is a chaotic jungle
Where the worst, the biggest eagle
Rules like over-zealous fans.

It only takes one stupid slogan
To start the expulsion, the execution
The pogrom and the annihilation
Of so many men, women, and children
Why is it so easy to do bad things?
Good deeds do not take place every day
The wise parrot no longer sings
Unity. We can simply mourn and pray.

It only takes one rotten orange
This is incredible and strange.

Copyright © June 2017, Hebert Logerie, All rights reserved
Hébert Logerie is the author of several books of poetry.