Challenge
Greater Good/Lesser Evil
... your interpretation of Greater Good/Lesser Evil... poetry or prose.
Please
She asks me
“Ella, who would you choose?”
I close my eyes
Take in a breath
Don’t do it
I silently beg
Out loud I say
“Choose the lesser evil. We are too close.”
Are my words having meaning?
I picked the ones I thought she’d hear
“But if everyone” she starts
“That’s not how it works” I finish
“Imagine if you did and we ended up with him.”
I plead
“Imagine if we do anyway and I didn’t tell the truth.”
She hesitates
Your conscience or the country?
How does she not see?
On election night I know I’m right
I wonder what she chose
I wonder if she regrets
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