Kick In the Teeth
by Michael Doyle

Folks deflect, saying it doesn't matter,
Even as it seems they feel their world shatter.
It can be inane, like only so much chatter.
Maybe it stops them from acting like a Mad Hatter.

Even in the rain, their tears reveal their lies.
It has spared no one when it's seen in their eyes.
There are some things in life worth fighting for,
Like civilization, love, children, and something more.

When the feelings shout like a kick in the teeth,
And you can't stumble for fear you'll fall from grief.
There is nothing left but to go and win life's war.
Sometimes the best move is to kick in the door.

When it comes down to a swindled responsibility,
There is no choice but to turn it up capably.
It may be a trick to play off the other's vanity,
The vain succumb to their own sensitivity.

Reich Chancellor Goering took the witness stand
With the haughtiness of assuming full command.
He felt victory was there in his reach - 
A conclusion that history would not teach.

When the feelings shout like a kick in the teeth,
And you can't stumble for fear you'll fall from grief.
There is nothing left but to go and win life's war.
Sometimes the best move is to kick in the door.

For all the tomfoolery of the SS and SA,
In any and all of their functions put to play,
Goering spoke of the necessity of brutality,
And Justice Jackson refuted this quite ably.

Taking lands as a matter of right and consternation,
Goering rested this on a matter of self-determination.
A right that the party had taken away from the start.
Horribly final in the solution of a corrupted heart.

When the feelings shout like a kick in the teeth,
And you can't stumble for fear you'll fall from grief.
There is nothing left but to go and win life's war.
Sometimes the best move is to kick in the door.

After all the deaths of millions in camps and at war,
Goering testified that he would have followed Hitler more.
Even human monsters wish to be seen for their humanity.
There's something more to this than simple vanity.

There are no excuses for his guilt in its enormity.
There is no resemblance between him and normality.
Hanged by the neck until their last and final death,
None was repentant of their evil until their last breath.

When the feelings shout like a kick in the teeth,
And you can't stumble for fear you'll fall from grief.
There is nothing left but to go and win life's war.
Sometimes the best move is to kick in the door.

(c) May 9, 2026   Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved