with some ugly strokes of the pen
a guy who helped hamas launder millions skates
dozens of violent protesters skate
defrauders not only skate, but get to keep the money defrauded from the victims
all this from a joker who has intoned
“LAW…AND…ORDER…” over and over and over
..
pardon my skepticism
pardon my disgust
for i do not pardon the stink of corruption
when senator alex padilla was thrown to the ground
for “failing to identify himself” (he had just said his name)
and “elevating his voice” (it was crowded and noisy)
upon the “remove him!” command
of a dog- and goat-shooting favor-curryer
and handcuffed and thug-handled away
from the field of play,
the senator’s attempt to ask a question
was thwarted with extreme prejudice.
the administration was protesting
the senator’s existence.
the incidents of undue process
upticked by one.
an “administrative error” booted a man out
but this mistake is not going to be set right
not if he has his way
.
last time round he was like
“hey, obama got to kill a guy”
“i wanna kill a guy”
and so one of iran’s military heroes
was droned out of existence
.
he partners with a murderer of a journalist
and now phil mickelson
has golfed for murderers
and taken their blood money
.
tariffs and drone strikes and bribes
o my
stock market insider trades o my
warrantless immigrant raids o my
having his way with us all o my
.
boys and their toys
make mayhem and noise
some never grow up
some never feel guilty
.
did you vote for him?
you are either sorry or not sorry
if you are sorry renounce him
reduce his crowd size
he is powerless without his mob
cease to be his mob
.
if you are not sorry
then you are beyond redemption
and i invite you to go to hell
where you will fit right in
Buy all the Golly that you want,
It only costs a Hum.
Buy Gosh, buy Jove, and preen and flaunt,
But please do not buy Gum.
Don’t buy from Target, Mickey Dee’s,
Nor Wal-Mart. You can shop
To heart’s content, and Jesus please,
At stores of Mom and Pop.
Today we flex consumer muscle
And howl like baying bassets
To stop the Greed Beasts in mid-hustle
And kick them in the Assets.
.
Historical note: Today, February 28, 2025, is a day of boycotting protests. All who wish to make a tangible statement about the unfair distribution of wealth are urged not to spend any money anywhere but at minority and/or locally owned “Mom&PIP” establishments. Vote with your Pocketbooks, Friends!!
sweet-talk may compel us to beguilingly do things/we did not intend to do
but sourtalk has given us a new old old president
who told us “if you elect that other guy it will lead to world war three”
and “if you elect that new gal it will lead to world war three”
and “I’M not a threat to Democracy, SHE’S a threat to Democracy”
and though he’s lied thirty thousand times
it seems we are always willing to give the poor guy who’s been castigated ever since he came down that golden escalator/and gave up his billionaire lifestyle and his presidential salary for us
a second (to the 30,000th power) chance
and many of us secretly like it when people get away with really bad stuff
we made heroes of bonnie and clyde, after all
.
but all that sourtalk has warped his face
i mean, LOOK at him
he looks like he has a mouthful of lemon juice
All my adult life I have been getting come-ons/For credit for timeshares for one-time-only offers
That are focused on my deservedness
“Here’s your new credit limit./You earned it. Take that vacation/You always wanted.
“You owe it to yourself.”
Sounded good/But had I read the fine print on the back/And the APR (Annual Percentage Rate) of 29.2%
I would have concluded/That I owed it to myself/To flee earnestly
I learned my lesson/But apparently the electorate did not/And voted for president a proxy/To fulfill their basest desires
He will kick ass and take names/For lists for future ass-kickings
He will purge his land of the shithole rabble
He will take additional steps to ensure that his will/IS The Will of the People
Or else!
And a vast army of REAL Thugs/Slavers to do his bidding
And the Bible he defiled and sold
Says
“Verily, they shall have their reward.”
dear diary, i crapped/into my gold toilet as usual. my favorite/way to start my day. then i went/on truth social and it felt/really good to tee off/on the disloyal. i’ll do more of that tomorrow.
can’t wait for day one. it will be to die for.
he warned of a snake/”I’m a snake–wha’d you expect?”/guess who is the snake?
to the victors go/the spoils. victory at all costs. hey–/remember pyrrus?
mass deportation/not only of brown people/but of sanity
i do not have the right/to remain silent in the face/of this travesty
6 jan 2021/a mob surges toward the Capitol building/where vote certifications are being kept
the mob was urged to “fight like hell”/but the phrase “peaceably and patriotically” was also in there
violence ensues
the man who urged watches/he does not interfere/though he knows full well/that all he has to do/is get in front of a microphone and say
“Hey, stop with the violence already. What part of ‘peaceably and patriotically’ didn’t you understand?”
no, he continues to watch. continues/to watch./he gets word/that some are chanting HANG MIKE PENCE!/not much later he texts a message.
the message is not “Knock it off, you guys! You are not being peaceable!”/no, the message boils down to “Shame on Mike Pence for not doing right by me!”
and much later he delivers a message via microphone./ part of the message is “Go home.” part is “We love you.”
the concept of “the elephant in the room”/is insufficient for the events/of 6 jan 2021.
many more than one elephant is required.
Just this minute I did an Internet search on Syria. Floating to the top was the headline “In Syria, Anger and Mockery as Obama Delays Plan.” Dare Ya, Dare Ya, DOUBLE Dare Ya–which is about at the same level of maturity as Now Look What You Made Me Do.
For fifty years, intervention has been a colossal failure. Treating a symptom often does nothing for the disease–and with such as insecticides and 9/11, it exacerbates.
So here is yet another never-does-any-good-but-I-gotta Anti-War message. Standing up to be counted is important for everyone, though almost valueless as a tool for change.
Here are the words:
THE WAR OF MADNESS, AND VICE VERSA
7th Street has traffic lights some amber
There’s an antechamber bright & fissile
How the jackals howl to hear a panther hum
Eventide brings humming of a missile
Magistrates may murmur of chrysanthemum
But their yen: a limbered-up Haboob
Ebb tide brings its jetsammed torpid tube
Ridges are a favored place to clamber
The words only make sense as metaphor. They do make more sense than what is happening in battlefields past, present and future.
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