Fulgencio Battista, Mohammad Rezā Shā H Pahlavi, The Shah Of Iran, And Hosni Mubarak, Oh My! Poem by Joe Rosochacki

Egypt is in a crisis now,
Gone are Pharaohs that enslaved the Israelis,
Who would later worshiped the Golden Calf; they would bow.
Now America's ally and friend is in trouble,
Like those in the past, Battista and Shah of Iran,
What more can history teach?
Egypt's 'president' Hosni Mubarak,
Who is president, a dictator, for thirty years,
Free Elections?
I'd be happy to sell you house built on a swamp in West Palm Beach.
Some of Cairo's street are blocked with anti-Mubarak demonstrators and military tanks,
Some ancient antiquities, some of them endured for multitude years of millennium,
Now rubble.
There are slogans and tears,
of anger.
-Mubarak who succeeded Anwar Sadat,
-who was assassinated by those of military ranks,
- is about to lose power.
This dictator president is about to abdicate his throne.
His rule is in danger.
The US has promoted democracy throughout the world,
Except these guys and China,
Except two of the historical figures were to be removed revolution,
Does July 4th come to mind?
Thomas Jefferson and others that signed the Declaration of Independence,
-Fidel Castro, the Allaytolah Khomeini all espoused revolution?
Who will be next in line to stand up to a Pharaoh, a Shah, a king, a Czar, or a dictator president?

Joe Rosochacki
2-1-11