To Our Total Shame

By Mr. Estanislao Rodriguez-Cuevas

Introduction "To Our Total Shame" In the broken hush of democracy's unraveling, this book stands not as prophecy--but proof. Proof that art remains the final torch when truth is traded for spectacle, when silence becomes complicity, and when lies wear crowns that once belonged to liberty. These pages, forged in rhyme and fury, in satire and sorrow, bear witness to a time when justice choked beneath golden towers, when tyrants walked in suits stitched from delusion, and when citizens were dared to forget their power. Here, the poet becomes the historian of decay. The chronicler of gilded thrones and golden toilets. Of cracked masks, eclipsed moons, and towers that crumble under the weight of unchecked ego. To Our Total Shame is not merely a collection of poetry, it is an indictment, a eulogy, and a call to remember. Through verses painted in Brillion color and four-inch lines, each stanza strikes like a protest chant etched into a crumbling wall. You will find within a surreal parade of imagery: orange messiahs and wind-tossed wigs, ketchup claws and shattered statutes of truth, glittering lies sold as patriotic gospel, and the grotesque comedy of a nation seduced by the lunacy of a con. Yet this book does not merely mock. It mourns. It mourns the truth lost beneath headlines. The dignity traded for pageantry. The memory of voices that once bled for the ballot, now hushed by slogans and swindlers. These poems are not only satire--they are requiems, sung from the cracked stage of American decline, calling out to those still brave enough to listen. May you read them with your heart unguarded. May you remember what was once worth fighting for. And may we, through poetry, never forget the long echo of shame that silence and apathy leave behind.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F66TBWTB
• ISBN13: 9798281153041
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 262 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"