John Hancock

Big and Bold

By: Charles Giuliano - Jun 03, 2016

John Hancock

Boston merchant
Finest mansion
Wealthiest of
Sons of Liberty
So much to lose
Life and property
John Hancock
First to sign
Big and bold
Quipped that
King George III
Wouldn't need
Spectacles
To read his name
Traitor and rebel
Death warrant
Should they fail
Hung as criminals
Dancing on the
Gibbet
Sprouting
Mandrake root
Seed of freedom
Spattered on earth
High stakes
As they are now
Again facing tyrant
High in his tower
Enthroned above
Manhattan
Shadow over America
Time now to
Stand and be counted
Ever growing
Enemies list of
Journalists and poets
On day of
Reckoning
Yet again high stakes
Life, liberty, property
Trumping politics
No business
As usual
Dumping tea
In Boston Harbor
The Party is over
Stampeding Elephants
Trumping democracy
Under their jackboots