Warn Them

You can tap them on the back
You can warn that they aren't listening
But they shrug and turn away
Sometimes with angry eyes glistening

Warn them of the time
We will have to pay the piper
Warn them it will be too late
To change the world's diaper

Once the atmosphere is ruined
It's too late to change
Not in the ocean
And not in the mountain range 

Jimmy Carter Should have been More Appreciated While President

   Jimmy Carter's approval rating was 31 percent in 1980. Obviously, he was not a popular president. Nobody liked the guy (well, almost nobody). He was the same person 19 years later in 1999, believing in the same things. But, what's this? His approval rating as a former president jumped to 66 percent -- that's more than double.
   Carter is ranked as one of our most religious presidents. He was one of the most morally courageous and ethical presidents we have had -- right up there with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
   So, why so unpopular when in office and yet so popular a couple decades after he left office? Answer: We judge our politicians by their politics. Morals don't matter. But, once outside of the presidency, we are no longer encumbered by their politics. Carter won a Nobel Peace Prize. You have to appreciate that. 
   Bless Jimmy Carter this day. He should have been more appreciated while president. We, as the American people, should value virtue and goodness ahead of politics. We don't. It remains a failing of the American people to this day.

Andronnikov's Vow

Perhaps Maximilian
Maximilian Andronnikov will end this war
He calls himself "Caesar"
And he's prepared to leave everything on the battle floor

Reach Moscow or die trying
Is Andronnikov's vow
Conquer Russia
A feat never possible till now

Putin's warriors are fighting
A fearsome Ukrainian host
They have no time for Andronnikov
And perhaps they fear him the most

Will Putin be forced into peace
In the land of Ukraine
In order to turn his attention 
On this Andronnikov seeking his domain?

Temperatures Rise

Winter was not always so
Winter was winter
With snows that did blow

Oh, not to say that all winters are gone
There yet are bleak ones
There are those that hang on

But increasingly, unceasingly
The lawn never dies
As throughout the world
Temperatures continue to rise

A Day of Dark Skies

Hear the bells of warning
Awakening our land
A day of woe is coming
And that day is soon at hand

A day of dark skies
And storms across our land
A day when freedom flees us
And we bow to their command

 Deepstaters

The deepstaters are alive
They're doing very well
And they are every bit as dangerous 
As any cartel

Deepstaters in our capitol
Taking control so very soon
And once they gain entry
They will be our ruin

 Bad Actors

This was not intended
The founding fathers would not have it so
Our nation ruled by the military
That's a shot across the bow

Some would say it's a conflict of interest
To fill a cabinet with military contractors
I must agree
They all are bad actors

The War

The war
Of 2024
When everything precious
From our heart was tore

Freedom and peace
From the west to the east
Honor and dignity
Were not of the least

Goodness and charity
Were lost that year
Every good thing
Was taken, I fear

 Invade them Tomorrow

He would take Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal
They would then belong to us
But taking them is going to cause a stir
It's going to cause a fuss

Why stop there?
Are there other lands to take?
Invade them tomorrow
Perhaps at daybreak

The Mountain Belongs to Alaska

The mountain belongs to Alaska
Let them make the call
McKinley or Denali
What do you say, y'all?

Politicians in Washington
Throwing their weight around?
Let's have some sanity
Those guys are unwound 

They Are All Adding Up

Alas, alas, and woe is me
The press is already in his hands
He's turned the nation to social media
And the main media is being washed under the sands

Two million followers for Vani Hari
Who's on Instagram 
And six million following Patrick Bet-David on YouTube
They are bludgeoning the main media
Like a battering ram

Others like Hari, and others like David
They are all adding up
And as they are increasing
Their growth not ceasing
They grow to a dog from a pup 

 In a Dusty Village

In a dusty village
Far outside the city
Live two dozen people
Whom we should pity

They are the few
Rejected by the many
Kicked out of the city
Out of the land of plenty

Pilgrims, we should call them
But migrants, is what you say
Just a bunch of dirty people
And you wish they'd go away

Tribunal in Heaven

War is often necessary
But never is it kind
Death and dying
Are the only things you find

Dead bodies
Everywhere and all around
No time to bury them
Underneath the ground

I have a message for war
Signed by our God
There will come a tribunal in heaven
For war's death squad

Break Things Down

They break things down as much as you possibly can 
Do Trump and his boys
But there's method in their madness
Their madness will bring them joys

What is broken becomes yours to fix
So, then you get credit for that
Being the person who fixes it
Is such a wonderful stat

Break it down, fix it up
It notches a win for you
And it's a win-win
For the people will love it when you do

Do it with Harm

Do it with harm, is Donald's creed
Do it with malice and hate
Do it to destroy America
Do it to bring that as our fate

Do it?
Donald will do it with harm
Do it?
Donald will sell the farm

You might not think he's all that bad
And, well, I guess you are right
But everything he does
He does in hate and spite

No, he doesn't want to destroy our land
But that will be the result
But when our nation has been swept away
Trump will be at fault

 Don't do It

Don't do it, Americans say
Don't throw our democracy away
Don't reign like a king
Don't turn our blue skies to gray
Don't, please don't, please don't

Trump smiles back
A knapsack thrown over his back
Filled with all the things
That a dictator brings

Don't do it
Just, please don't do it
The Americans say
Throw your plans away

Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it

Elon Spots a Way

Donald comes along
Elected by the masses
And Elon musk spots a way 
Aided by his glasses

He'll now get even more
His campaign spending will be rewarded
They say the rich get even richer
But this is kind of sordid

An Invitation

An "invitation for corruption"
That's what Liz Cheney calls it
Elon Musk uses Donald Trump
To get so rich we have a fit

Government contracts, you know
Make him number one
The richest man in all the world
And with all that money, he sure has some fun 

Turn Your Back

Turn your back on the rain
Turn your back on the wind
Turn your back on Donald Trump
Never elect him again

The storms are mostly his fault
Bringing wind, rain and snow
Turn your back on Donald Trump
Tell him he's got to go 

Danny, Danny

Danny, I hope things get better 
40-point losses are stacking up
Nothing much to cheer about
No cause to erupt

Danny, you're presiding
Over the worst the Jazz have ever been
They just keep on losing
Again, again, and again  

 The Mystery of the Drones

Whose drones are these?
And from wince do they come
You say they won't hurt us
But they might, at least some

Will they destroy our houses
Our lives and our homes?
There's very little safety
In the coming of drones

Christopher Wray

Christopher Wray stepped out of the way
Leaving room as he left to soon
Trump's grip on the nation, grip on the land
Was now a strengthened hand, a harder command 

The Cannonball and the 409

Barreling down the track
Came the Cannonball
This brand-new train
Was the fastest of them all

Coming the other direction
Was the 409
Challenging the Cannonball
Asking if it had the spine

The 409 taunted
And the Cannonball laughed back
But when they met it the middle
They were both knocked off the track

 A Check-in on the Day

A check-in on the morning  
A check-in on the day
Sometimes skies are blue
Sometimes skies are gray

A check-in on my sweetheart
A check-in on my love
I am not the only one watching you
There is the God above

I'm thankful we're a team
In watching over you
God and I love you, dear
So, we tag team our peekaboo's

War is This

War is blood and death
It's fighter planes in the sky
It's fathers not coming home
It's armies of Jedi

War is mournful crying
It's bombs every day
War is the agony
Of hopes that run away

War is fighting in the streets
It's tanks, grenades and drones
It's graveyards
And unburied bones

It's atomic bombs, nuclear bombs
Chemical weapons, as well
It's the fury of Satan unleashed
In every valley and in every dell 

Proof is in the Pudding

The proof is in the pudding
When you bake the pie
Will Trump do Project '25?
Is that what's in his eye?

If he hires the project's people
If the project comes about
We'll know it's what he had in mind
All along, no doubt 

Count Them

Count them, Forbes magazine did
There are nine Trump nominees who were part of Project 2025
So, does Trump and 2025 jive?

Hide and watch
Hide and look
And we'll know if we're mistook 

 You can't take it Back 

You don't have a ghost of a chance
To take down Donald Trump
Now that he's been elected
It's not just a speedbump

Mistakes are mistakes
And now you've made one
And you can't take it back
Once he has won

Throughout the Land

There comes a terror
Spreading throughout the land
And I fear that terror
Has spread from sand to sand

The terror set in
In the election
The election of '24 

Killing

We chased them in the Highlands
We chased them in the hills
Then we chased them in the valley
And in the valley rills 

We pursued them deep into the forest
And deep into the night
And come the morning sun 
We pursued them with our might

War is such a terror
War is such a fright
This killing of each other
Is never, never right 

Luigi Mangione

Luigi Mangione, why did you kill him?
The United Health Care CEO
You killed him because of botched health care
I guess you think that was fair

Luigi Mangione, you are heir to a fortune
Your family is very rich
I wonder what will happen now
If it's money you must ditch 

Be Alone

Nikola - Nikola Tesla said it 
And now you can say that you have read it
"Be alone, that is the secret of invention"
It seems that's when the brain reaches a new dimension
"Be alone, that is when ideas are born." 
And if Tesla said it, it's not an idea to scorn 

Too Busy Having Kicks

Sober moments, you might say
Must simply wait for another day
Too much laughing, too much fun 
They're all we have room for today

Serious moments, our nation has
So many things we should fix
Things to be serious about
But we're too busy having kicks

A Thousand Years

What if we could live a thousand years
A thousand years in peace
Hate would decline
And love would increase

A thousand years of happiness
A thousand years caring for each other
A thousand years of loving
Like a sister and brother 

Never Kills the Mouse

A cat with closed eyes
Never sees the mouse
Never cleans the floor
Never cleans the house

America is that cat
And Trump is that mouse
We'll never kill the mouse
We'll never kill the louse 

Blood Brothers

Trump and his blood brothers
Are ravaging the land
They've conquered the nation
They've taken command 

When Freedom's Lost

When freedom's lost
It's urgent
Fight the insurgent
Not a time to talk about the weather
Stand outside and smoke
Get up and fight the bloke

Winds of Change

Winds of change swept across the land
And we knew that trouble would soon be at hand
We would come to know him as President
And of all our woes he would be the embodiment

Change arrives with the wind
It erases what might have been
And it brings to power, Trump and his men

Unfit for Office

Who did we elect?
Who did we select?
He's unfit for the office
He's a derelict   

Bring Injustice to Justice

Bring injustice to justice
Bring crime to a halt
Arrest everyone
Who has a criminal fault 

Society Housed in Bless

A society that's good
Whose people are moral 
A society marked by this
Is a society housed in bliss

 

 Legend of the Sand

Came the legend, the Legend of the Sand
In 2024, a wind swept over the land
Trump was elected, as sure as sand does fly
And the sands of time buried the land
And everyone did die

 Swept Away That Day

Is freedom but a fantasy?
Is that all that is left?
Cry for our nation
Cry like the bereft

Our nation's liberty
Was swept away that day
Everything crumbled
As if made of clay

 The Man and His Cohorts

The man and his cohorts
The man and his friends
Have designs on our freedom
To bring it to ends

They conspire and fire everyone good
They know how to conquer
At that, they are good

 Teardrops

Teardrops from a tower
Fall upon our land
Some of them sparkle
And some of them offer hope
Can the tears save us?
Or is the answer nope?

 A Criminal's Cronies

A criminal and his cronies
Are all one and the same
Trump nominates those he loves
And they all share in his game

 Trump's Fixation

Trump has a fixation
With putting this nation in a fix
Really screwing it up
Is one of his better tricks

He laughs with joy as he goes about his work
How great are the things he can do
He's messing with this nation, and he's messing it up
It'll be one big mess by the time he's through

Fool the people

Fool the people twice
Trump has that line down to perfection
Yes, twice now, he's won the election

But there's another line
That Trump is also good at
You can't fool all the people all the time
Unless they are drunk on wine

I think I made up the last little bit

But the words just seemed to fit 

 Shauflin

Shauflin, it was
Who taught me
He was like a dad to me
Taught me about America
Land of the noble and free

Long ago as Shauflin looked ahead to our day
He warned me the day was coming 
When the skies would be dark and gray

He spoke of a coming election
When there would be a dark and shadowy man
Who would take away the freedom
All the freedom in the land

 It Was Not Until Donald Trump

The end of the line for democracy
In America
More than 300 years we've stood
As the land of liberty
It was not until Trump was elected
That we gave up being free

 Hunter's Pardon

Wrong, it was for Biden to pardon his son
He committed a crime, but Joe made it undone
There is honor in upholding the law
Biden didn't do that, and that sticks in my craw

Looking Down with Scorn

Rejecting our forefathers
Is what this nation has done
All that Washington fought for
Has now become undone

The election didn't go well for us
Liberty from us was torn
And if the forefathers are looking down at us
They are looking down with scorn 

Trump Traveled this Road

This road leads to China
And Russia
To Venezuela
And to Cuba
It will never get you to Aruba 

Trump traveled this road
Conquered it, in fact
And now that we've elected him
We will not be able to go back 

 Devils Warn of Devils

Devils warn of devils in skies where angels fly
Those who are only good, they tell you are very bad
You find a classy person who they declassify

The devil would turn you away 
From a heart that's good
He always gets it wrong
Let that be understood

Put that Thought to Bed

Always question authority
That's what they always said
But when Trump was elected
They put that thought to bed

Trust him and believe him
His words are always true 
Never question Donald Trump
That's not the thing to do 

I'm an Anti

I guess I'm an anti
For I oppose Donald Trump 
I'd like to tap him on the head
Give him quite a thump 

 His Devious Plot

The darkest shadows
Hang over all our land
Trump has been elected
Him and all his band

The heart of our nation
Has taken a shot
Trump has taken over
With his devious plot

 Bringing the Worst Present

Christmas is coming
All across the land
Bringing the worst present
Though some think he's grand

The present is wrapped with ribbons
And topped with a bow
Donald Trump's inside
Now, that's a low blow

Life in the Congo

Life in the Congo
Life in the mines
They are such humble workers
None ever whines

Day in and day out
They do their work without complaint
And that should prove to us
That each one's a saint

 

 Dirty Word

I guess I get Thanksgiving and Christmas mixed up
Which are we having now?
Thanksgiving, comes the reply
That's when we give Donald Trump a bow

Thanksgiving was made for Donald Trump, I'm told
And we should be thankful for him
Then, Thanksgiving's a dirty word
Even dirtier than is sin

 The Demise of a Nation

The demise of a nation
The demise of the free
It's a movement that started
With the party of tea

The insurgents have conquered
Every part of the city
And freedom is lost
It seems such a pity

Land of the Loonies

Land of the loonies
Is what we are now
Hair brains and lame brains
But don't have a cow

The sane will escape prisons
They'll regain command
And freedom again
Will be had in our land 

 Dead on Arrival

It seems we've reached the endline
Democracy is no more
In a war for the hearts of men
A dictator has won the war

He'll silence many
They won't be few
Democracy will be dead on arrival
By the time he's through

 All Across the Country

Who are we?
And who have we become?
A nation of loonies
A nation of bums

The insane are running the asylum
The insane have taken charge
All across the country
The crazies are running at large

Coo-coos, Wackos and Clowns

Coo-coos, wackos and clowns
Are now running our land
The sane are no longer in charge  
The crazies have seized command

One of them here, one of them there
Trump plants them everywhere
It's as if the nation is stuck in Halloween
So great is the terribile scare

Words of Warning

Words of warning were not enough
Words of care and concern
Now we must go forward
Backwards we cannot turn

Is there yet a light?
Is there yet a path
Is there a way 
To escape the wrath?

Can our nation heal from this deadly wound?
Can it heal from what's been done? 
We are lost in darkness
So, now let us find the sun 

They will Pay the Price

The poor will pay the price
You know, in fact, they will
If America is to become great again
It's they who must fill the till

Trump doesn't want them
I say they gotta stay
Our economy will only suffer
If we chase them all away

Like nobody else
These are the working class
But they can't do their job
If we make them outcasts 

 Sad, Sad Song

There was this election in our land
One that went oh-so wrong 
And we were all left singing
This our sad, sad song

His Heart is Cold

His hands are cold
As he reaches for the gun
His heart is cold
The act will soon be done

Elected to be the assassin
Of a nation proud
He now pulls the trigger
On his admiring crowd

 Donald has the Two of Them

They could pull it off
Donald's two fine boys
If they mess around enough
They just might come up with brand new toys

One would be a rocket ship
Musk is good at that
The other would be a torpedo
To get rid of government fat

Yes, Donald has the two of them
They are such fine young men
And when they fix the budget
Donald's going to grin

Someone She Won't Keep

Maybe
Maybe the baby cried
It gets so dark and lonely
Living in a mother's inside

Does the mother even want you?
Does she even care?
I think she wants to abort you
She thinks that that is fair

Living on Mom's inside 
That's where you get your sleep
But it sure is said
You're someone she won't keep 

Musk Just Eats It Up

Ramaswamy makes salami 
And Musk just eats it up
They are the cutest couple
And call each other buttercup

Ramaswamy swims a lot
And Musk dives deep with him
And all their plans for efficiency
Are foolish, if not grim 

Ramaswamy and Musk

Ramaswamy has it backwards
And Musk joins him in the tomfoolery
They think to accomplish something
With which the voters would never agree

A chicken in every pot?
That used to be the chime 
And politicians still are promising that
Right down unto this time

But Musk comes along
And Ramaswamy joins with him
They're taking everything out of the kettle
It's no longer filled right to the brim

The chicken's out
Folks can go hungry
The gravy train is over
Now, don't get so hot and angry 

Praying Becomes a Mask

Praying sometimes becomes a mask
To excuse for who we vote
"God told me to vote for this one"
Is often what we float

And, then on the other side
There's a person who prayed to God
And was told to vote for the opposite candidate
He swears by Aaron's rod

Methinks they both can be mistaken
God didn't speak at all
They already knew who they wanted
So, God failed to speak to them at all 

Many Prayed

Many prayed before they voted
Some for Trump, some for Harris
And some when they voted, they felt embarrassed

When your vote does not match your standards
When it's blinded from the light
You might become ashamed
For not doing what is right

Still, bless us everyone
Regardless who got our vote
That we tried to do what's right
Should surely be of note 

Some Read the Scriptures

Some read the scriptures
Before deciding which way to vote
They seek guidance this way
Before jumping on a boat

Turn to the scripture that says
"When the wicked rule, the people mourn."
Turning to the scriptures
Is a way to be forewarned

So, before entering the voting booth
It's good to seek the Lord
There are words of wisdom in scriptures
So, bring God aboard

 

The Land of the Looney

In the land of the looney
In the land of Trump
Trouble and woe lie ahead
We were warned against him
Warned not to vote for him
But we wouldn't believe what was said

So, we've got this man who now is in command
But not in command of his senses
The things he will do and the things he has planned
Will come at our nation's expenses
 

A Population that doesn't Know

"The general population doesn't know what's happening
And it doesn't even know that it doesn't know"
Credit Noam Chomsky for that saying
What has happened to our freedom
Of that we should be praying

But the people do not even know
Nor know that they don't even know
That we are at the brink of losing our freedom
We should pray lest that's where we will go 

The Party of Impunity

The Party of Impunity
The party who throws in jail
Those who oppose it
Those who don't buy what it is you sell

Those who are free-thinkers
Belong in prison, friend
And the Party of Impunity
Will bring them to their end 

Impunity

Impunity is the doctrine
Of this newly elected king
The right to throw in jail 
Those who warn what the future will bring

Impunity the name of the new administration
And the name of the Republican Party
They are going to do this thing
As they party hearty 

One Man's Slogan

One man's slogan is another man's servitude
Make America Great
Comes at their expense
Great expense
Toss them in jail for opposing Trump
Prosecute them for that offense 

What is right
To Trump
Is what is right for America
Someone must pay the price
For opposing him
The Donald
So, Make America Great Again 

Lepers in the Land of the Free

These are the doomed
Americans
You would call them foreigners
Say they don't belong
But, oh, my, sister, brother
Don't you know that this is wrong?

The came to our shores
Became Americans
Or just as good
We scorned them
Asked them for their papers
Our new president
Called them prison escapers

Mass deportations
He said
These people don't belong
He would rid our shores of them
To make us great again

Lepers in the land of the free
Unclean
Unwanted
Criminals, they are
We do not realize them
For everything they are

Mothers, brothers, sisters
Dads, as well
Workers
Lovers of America
We cannot see that
Through all of our hysteria 

 Nightcrawlers

Which shall I get - the guitar, the watch or the Bible?
Or shall I get all three?
The guitar is 10,000 bucks
And the other two aren't free

The watch is most expensive
It costs 100,000 dollars
The Bible is just 60
Now, how much for Trump's night crawlers?

Spider Poem
by Rudy Fransisco

She asked me to kill the spider.
Instead, I get the most
peaceful weapons I can find.

I take a cup & a napkin,
I catch the spider, put it outside
and allow it to walk away.

If I am ever caught in the wrong place
at the wrong time, just being alive
and not bothering anyone

I hope I am greeted
with the same kind
of mercy.

Their Populace Takes a Thump

The madness of the world
Lies in Putin, Xi and Trump
Those who take their populace
And give them a thump, thump, thump

I Beg to Differ, Agatha

I beg to differ, Agatha Christie
For I heard that you once said
"To every problem there is a most simple solution"
Agatha, would you be referring to a revolution?

There are a lot of problems in our land
A lot across all the world
There aren't easy answers, you know
Not even where the American flag is unfurled

You think it's easy Agatha?
Easy answers, you say?
I think we'll put you in charge of solving our problems
Now, Agatha, what do you have to say? 

Eyes That Can't See

"Eyes will not see when the heart wishes them to be blind"
 Seneca the Younger once said
Was he speaking of those who voted for Trump?
To know, we'd have to bring him back from the dead

Trump supporters can't see his conviction for rape
They can't see the 90-plus indictments against him
Nor can they see he tried to overturn the election
No, in Donald Trump they can find no sin 

Eyes that cannot see?
That would be supporters of Donald Trump
The cannot see that he's a chump

 The Department Comes with a Stain

There is hypocrisy in it 
This Government Efficiency plan
Why two heads for the department?
Efficiency would just let one of them stand

And will they really crack down on contractors?
Musk is one of those
Try cutting his paycheck back
And that will be something he's sure to oppose

The department might prove a success
But the hypocrisy will remain
And the two-headed monster of Ramaswamy and Musk
Will leave on Trump's new department a stain

America when it was Shook

The Great Earthquake of 2024
It shook America
From ocean shore to ocean shore

It shook the people
It shook the land
It shook the music
It shook the band

Never so much damage
From just one earthquake
It took America
And did shake and shake

Shadows

Shadows join with shadows
All across this land
As Donald Trump is hailed
As the shadow man

Deep, and dark and deadly
The shadows are a curse
Darkness has never been as dark
Never been as worse  

Blue Skies Forgotten

America, America
We weep for you
The land of liberty
And clear blue skies
Is about to be through

For years, and decades and centuries
You've been the pillar of what's right
I wish we could have prevailed
I wish we'd won the fight 

It isn't Fair

It's the day America could have been saved
The day patriotism prevailed
But it didn't happen
Instead
The voters approved it
The dismantling of freedom
The taking of a wrecking ball to it

Never has an election day
Decimated a country so
Never has a country
Suffered such a blow

Trump carried the day
He won it fair and square
But his leaving us in shambles
Just isn't fair 

They Take Your Tomorrows Away

Tyrants don't plague you just for today
They take your tomorrows away
Four more years it not all Trump wants
He really wants to stay

Left in the Dark

2024 marked the beginning of the nightmare
A year that left us dark in despair
It left us in the dark
As the sunshine did all disappear

2024 was the election
And we elected the darkest clown
They called him the dark ghost, they did
As darkness settled across the town 

We Can't Go Back

When a tyrant comes to rule
Don't roll over
Don't be such a fool
Democracy was sacrificed
When we voted Donald in
And now we're stuck, we can't go back
And have our vote again 

A Reprimand

A reprimand is not enough
For Donald Trump, it's not
You've got to scream and yell at him
So go ahead and get hot

Look at all he's done
To tear this nation down
So, scream and yell and tell him
He's the worst around

 

The Watchman and the Warriors

The watchman and the warriors
Are certainly a team
The watchman shouts out a warning
And the warriors hear the scream

They bring their swords against the foe
They match them blow for blow
Then gaining the advantage
They watch the enemy turn and go

The watchman and the warriors
Are certainly a team
Together they save the land
Together, peace they bring

A River of Lies

A river of lies has led him
To become our nation's chief
White waters were there to help him
With waves beyond belief
Donald is corruption
And he rides that ship to shore
The waters are deeper and more dangerous
Than when the storm began
And the ship is shipwrecked
When it reaches the beach's sand
The waters shatter against the wall
Shattering democracy as well
The waters rise and rise again
Oh, how the water swells
Trump rides upon the seas
Like a pirate in the night
And he takes command of the ship
And no peaceful waters remain in sight

If the Forefathers could Vote

What if the forefathers were watching
And what if they each had a vote
Would they say Donald Trump's the best
That he's the all-time GOAT 
Or would they say he's gotta go
And throw him off the boat

But what if they could have voted in the election
Would they have voted for this crass man
Not on your life, they wouldn't
They'd be hardly his biggest fan
Remember, the forefathers gave us our liberty
And they would be true to that
They wouldn't vote against Democracy
If we gave them a turn at bat 

Donald Trump Makes a lot of Noise

Donald Trump speaks a lot
He makes a lot of noise
But his words are not the sound of freedom
For all good girls and boys 

Not Much Hope

Right now, there's not much hope
For peace in our land
Our freedom is being taken away
By Donald Trump and his band 

For Those Who Don't Meet His Taste

He dang as heck is not our savior
Dang as heck, he's not
He sends some of us to dungeons
Tells them that they can rot

Will Donald be an autocrat
Or will that not be the case
We'll just have to wait and see
How many people don't meet his taste 

The Best Blood

The best blood is only spilled
Where there is a cause
And if Donald Trump takes their lives
That should give us pause

He has his enemies list
And will nothing come of it
Or will he hang them in the gallows
That's the worst that they could get

Hang them for their crime
They were not loyal to him
So, they meet their deaths
In gallows that are grim

 

A Cabinet of Clowns?

A cabinet of clowns
We can hope not
But it may be what
The election of Trump's brought

At least two of the candidates
Make your head shake
They aren't worthy of appointment
Their credentials are fake

The attorney general post
Goes to Matt Gaetz
He's been investigated for ethics
For goodness sakes

And Pete Hegseth 
For secretary of defense
Now there's a guy
With no experience

Those two lack experience
Is all we can say
But they're loyal to Trump
And that's all that matters today

Peaceful Transition 

Donald Trump says he welcomes a peaceful transition
But what is peace to him
What of his enemies list
Will there be peace for them

Will immigrants be offered peace
Mass deportations mean they won't
Trump has never showered love on them

You might think he and his people love them, but they don't 

 We Know Who You Are

We know who you are, we know who you are
Where have we heard that before 
Crime bosses have been known to say such things
We know where you live, and more

These are the words of our border czar
Thomas Homan made such a threat
His words are the words of a mafia boss
They're as same as you're going to get

Emily Huntington Miller

Emily was an immigrant
She came from Old Mexico
And she came to America
Where her talents began to grow

Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Lean your ear this way 
That was her greatest poem
Everyone knows it to this day

Donald Trump hates immigrants
He wants to send them packing home
I'd like to think we'd let her stay here
Where the seas are white with foam

Gentle Comes Tyranny

Gentle comes tyranny
We fear it not all
We welcome the despot as savior
We say this will be a ball

He laughs at us
We are such fools
We lose our freedom
When this man rules

 

The Hall of Infamy

The Hall of Infamy is being filled
Even as we speak
The candidates are clamoring
It's infamy they seek

One will be chief of staff
One secretary of defense
Their appetite for infamy
Is really quite immense

We'll Get Through It

Well then, let's speculate
If he'll send you and me to jail
I mean, all of us
Well, I think it's just a tale

He doesn't have the resources
Nor the time to do it
I think when all is said and done
We're going to get through it 

Little Friends and Neighbors

Little friends and neighbors
We don't mean much to him
We're just little people
And that includes you, good Jim

The large people in his life
Are the ones who help him out
People like Elon Musk
Yes, Elon without a doubt 

The rest of us are little
He doesn't care about us
And when he first sees us
He begins to cuss 

I Wish I Could Persuade You

You listened to his speech
You believed the full of it
You followed every word he said
With you, he was a hit

I wish I could persuade you
It just isn't true
Donald Trump is not very good
Maybe you'll believe me when we're through 

Maybe Things will be all Right

Maybe things won't be so bad
That's what you want to say
Maybe Donald Trump will be all right
So why paint the sky so gray

He will not only rule with an iron hand
But with wisdom, too
He'll make friends our of enemies
And they won't be few

But I won't be one of them
I won't be led astray
I know the difference between skies of blue
And ones that are dark and gray 

Introductions are in Order

Let us introduce him to democracy
For he's a stranger to it
Never friends
Just a foe
Freedom's something
He doesn't know

So, introductions are in order
For him to meet liberty
But I don't think we could get him to shake hands
Nor call this land of ours the free

New Father of Our Country

The honor given Donald Trump
He is the new father of our country
Of course, I jest; I joke
You know I don't think high of him
I still do not like this bloke

"Donald, Donald," people scream
Greatest president of all time
People love him; people praise him
But I wouldn't give him my last dime

Donald is the king
The ruler of our land
And the thing that really baffles me
Is why they think he is so grand 

Donald will Serve the Papers

It was our divorce from democracy
The papers will be issued soon
Donald Trump will take office
On a not so sunny afternoon
And he'll chase democracy
All the way to the moon 

We are not Naive

We are not naive
We know both your past and plan
We know your ways and terror
Are the ways of battering ram
You'll take it to our freedom
To our democracy
Your denying what you're doing
Is pure hypocrisy

The Resistance 

When Trump won the election
There were soldiers willing to fight on
They marched against the oppressor
Not willing to let freedom be gone

Some in California
Where the governor sought to 'Trump-proof' his state
Some in Illinois
Where the governor said you must come through me, mate

Others across the land
Joined to defy the king
Call them the resistance
For the fought against the oppression
That Trump seeks to bring 

To Resist Donald

I joined the resistance today
Trump
Donald Trump
We oppose him
We fight to preserve the nation
Against the coming of 
Donald
Donald Trump

Ours is the chant of the patriot
Ours is the cause of the free
He reaches out
To grasp the country from us
To control
To reign

We tell him no
We tell him
We are the resistance
And our freedom is something
You cannot have

Freedom Ended Then

The trumpy one, the thumpy one
He thumps upon the land
His feet crush down the people
And freedom no longer has a stand
They really do not realize
Freedom ended in their day
Trump now reigns supreme

Democracy's gone away 

 Beneath a Warming Sun

It's quiet in the village
As the soldiers return from war
Little feet run out to greet them
For they know not what's in store

Little feet, little feet
They waited for dad to come
And now he takes them in his arms
Beneath a warming sun

Peace Must be More than a Gesture

That which was made for healing should not be tread upon
Our nation sought for peace and Donald Trump's stomping on that was wrong
Peace must be more than a gesture, it must be honest and sincere
It's a quest that can only be found if Donald Trump isn't near

Pall Over the Land

Plants don't grow under a darkened sky
The sun must somehow come out
There's a pall over the land with Donald Trump

That rests on us with the final vote count 

 Defiant

Defiant in the face of death
Patriots do not surrender
They defy even Donald Trump
Though they might burn like timber

 
Freedom is Torn
 
Never more somber times
Never more tears to be spent
Freedom is torn
Liberty taken
Democracy's anchors
Have soundly been shaken

 
For the Neglect of Truth, Freedom is Lost

Donald Trump won this election long before Nov. 5. He won it way back when he persuaded the people not to trust and not to listen to the main media. The loss of truth has led to the loss of freedom.  Where there is no truth, the people perish. People have turned their ears from hearing the truth. They have turned to the fables of the right-wing press. They have turned to the memes spreading falsehood. And for their neglect of the truth, freedom is lost.

 
 
Overthrown

We can't laugh this one off
No, not the loss of freedom
We went to the polls and elected him
Giving away our whole kingdom

No, it's he who does the laughing
As he sits upon his thrown
Our land now belongs to him
It's now been overthrown

 
 
Fools, We Are

We are a brave bunch of fools, we are
Electing a man more foolish than us
Taking our chances on our freedom being lost
Taking our chances on it being tossed

America Will Survive

America will survive
But will its freedom
Or has Trump taken that away 
The land of the free
Might no longer be free
But that it will once again
Is all that we can pray

We Saw Her Crying
 
We only had seen her laughing
Tears were never known from her
But then came a dark election
And we saw her crying in the mirror 

  
We Shall See

We shall see, they always said
When I warned them of Donald Trump
And so it is that we shall see
Just how much I was a grump

 
 
Let's Pick a Wicked Leader

Let's pick a wicked leader
As wicked as we can
Let's give him rein to government
All across this land

 

We Turned Against Democracy

We turned against democracy
And the freedom of our land
We chose to have a ruler over us
Donald Trump was that man

 
 
The Golden Calf

The future of America
It abides a day of wrath
The people have elected him
Donald Trump is the golden calf

  
The Demise of America

The demise of America
Came in 2024
For with that election
Freedom was no more

 

 
Turning to Idiocracy

Two days after they turned back the time on the clock
We turned back the time on democracy
Our hands grabbed the hands of time
And turned them into idiocracy

 
 
Hold to Hope

If you would
If you could
If you think you should

Hold to hope
Hold to faith
Though our nation burns like wood

 

Dancing In Despair

Dancing in despair
Swaying in the night
Just a week from Halloween
This election delivers fright

Too many voters
With nine guns aimed at us all
This nation's abandoned democracy
This nation now must fall

 
A Cruel Demise

Tears of terror
On election night
Falling to the ground
Rivers of them
Running
Washing out the riverbank

Hope is gone
Hate has won
Democracy's been shot point blank
In the gut
In the flank
A cruel demise
A wicked prank 

Darkened Territory

We enter darkened territory
This day
His band of retribution
Seeks to impose his say

He throws in jail our patriots
Those on his enemies list
And our best workers
He hits them with his fist 

 

 
Place for Heroes

The only place for heroes
Is in our election results
For it will take them all working together
To save us from the electric bolts

 

Prayer of Promise

A poem of prayer
A poem of promise
A poem of hope
Of days that will calm us

Kneel in the morning
Kneel at night
There is yet hope for the future
It yet can be bright

 
What If?

What if  you had a county clerk -- a MAGAite -- who was decidated to the proposition of assuring that Donald Trump gets elected? Wouldn't they be quite  able to fabricate elections results -- regardless what the vote count might be?

Don't laugh. There is not a shortage of those who support Trump's being elected at all cost. Believing he should be president, they are not shy of doing all in their power to get him elected.

Including cheating. 

As I said, don't laugh. In a county in Utah, the county clerk, Aaron Davidson, is  being asked to recuse himself from overseeing the election. "Multiple people have been  reaching out to me, everyone from average citizens to city council members to state legislators to statewide office  holders, all of who are concerned about  his ability to conduct the election in an unbiased manner, " said Utah County Commissioner Amelia Powers Gardner."

Such infiltration. Just plant MAGA agents in the election offices to assure that the vote goes their way.

Katie Bar the Door

This is making the news -- a slight bit, but not nearly as big as it should. You've heard Donald Trump is preparing "retribution' for those on the wrong side of the fence. But there have been no specifics as to what he will do.

Well, now there are. . . . And those plans should scare the heck out of you.

You will remember Michael Flynn. Trump's first national security advisor, he's the guy who won a nice prison sentence for lying to the FBI. Now he's out and working for Trump. Again.

At his side is his longtime aide Ivan Raiklin, a former Green Beret. Raiklin calls himself the "Secretary of Retribution." Now, there's a nice cabinent position. 

From a USA Today article, we read: "In dozens of town hall-style appearances this year, including at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate,  Flynn and Raiklin have talked of the need for Americans do whatever it takes to get Trump re-elected − and then exact vengeance including detention, tribunals and possibly worse."

One of those at one of the rallies spoke of not only draining the swamp, but imprisoning the swamp -- and maybe, on occassion, executing the swamp.

Listen to this, Flynn's own words, ominous in what they offer: "So we gotta win first. We win, and then ... Katie bar the door. Believe me, the gates of hell -- my hell -- will be unleashed." 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/24/donald-trump-presidential-revenge-enemies-enforcers/75716067007/

 
 
Don't Want Him Shot

'Twas long years ago, back in '63
They shot our president, in the land of the free
I guess John Wilkes Booth, shot one of them, too
An American president, who would have knew?
Then Ronald Reagan was added to the list
Oh,  I wish the shooter just would have  missed

And now we're all living in decades beyond
We've even had presidents who are no longer blond
I think I love them all, or at least all but one
But I don't want him shot, and killed by a gun

 

Now There's Another Nazis have come
And Nazis have died
And now there's another
Who's trying to hide

He promises solemnly
Promises clear
There's no connection to him 
And Project 2025, my dear

Hitler was born
Then Hitler passed on
Yes, he passed on the torch
To someone named Don

 

Glenn Beck is Quotable and Fascinating I don't like what Glenn Beck stands for, but he is a fascinating and quotable public figure. I love some of his quotes and don't agree with others. Interesting fact about him: In the summer he lives on a ranch just north of the Idaho border -- and it's powered by solar energy.
"When you choose the path, you choose the destination." -- Glenn Beck

"Sometimes the hardest part of the journey is believing you're worthy of the trip." -- Glenn Beck

"Good for you, you have a heart, you can be a liberal. Now, couple your heart with your brain, and you can be a conservative." -- Glenn Beck

"Political Correctness doesn't change us, it shuts us up." -- Glenn Beck

"To restore America we need less Marx and more Madison." -- Glenn Beck

"Whoever thought a tiny candy bar should be called fun size was a moron." -- Glenn Beck

"Don't fall into the trap of believing so deeply in your own ideology that you cannot even see the flaws in it." -- Glenn Beck

"It's only when we forget about our problems and help others forget theirs that we realize how good we really have it." -- Glenn Beck

"It's only in our mistakes, our errors, and our faults that we grow and truly live." -- Glenn Beck

"The American experiment was about freedom. Freedom to be stupid, freedom to fail, freedom to succeed." -- Glenn Beck

"If you don't find a leader, perhaps it is because you were meant to lead." -- Glenn Beck

The American people care “too much about politics” and “not enough about principles.” -- Glenn Beck

“I think our republic is at the last exit. I could come up with 1,000 ways this thing falls apart. But I can only come up with one way that it sticks together.” -- Glenn Beck

I testify to you here and now, one man can change the world. And I share with you an equal testimony, that man or woman is you.” -- Glenn Beck

“We’ve got to put our petty differences apart . . . or we will, as Lincoln said, be torn apart from the inside. We will fall from the inside.” -- Glenn Beck

“Every truth is holding on by its fingernails,” -- Glenn Beck

“If America decided to vote for less freedom … I could live with that. What I can’t live with is the lies.” -- Glenn Beck

“Any question that somebody says I shouldn’t ask, I’m asking that question. Anybody who says you shouldn’t read this, I’m reading that book,” -- Glenn Beck 

"No discussion or debate is unAmerican,” -- Glenn Beck

"Every time the government grows we lose more of who we are." -- Glenn Beck

“To understand Donald Trump, you have to understand he’s a showman first, always has been. He’s a guy that knows how to draw a crowd.” -- Glenn Beck

“Question with boldness even the very existence of God because if there is a God, he must surely rather honest questions over blindfolded fear.” -- Glenn Beck

“I didn’t want to be a Mormon, my gosh, who wants to be a Mormon? You’re a pariah instantly. Nobody likes you. Nobody trusts you. They all think it’s a cult. Then, you can’t do anything fun, you know, except, I guess, get fat, and even that’s not recommended.” -- Glenn Beck

“I’ll never secede. I believe in those documents in the archives. Those documents belong to the United States of America. I embrace them. They don’t. They’re seceding, not me.” -- Glenn Beck

"Question with boldness, hold to the truth, and speak without fear." -- Glenn Beck

"Following the herd is fine, until they all run off the side of a cliff together." -- Glenn Beck

"You got to have an enemy to fight. And when you have an enemy to fight, then you can unite the entire world behind you, and you seize power. That was Hitler's plan. His enemy: the Jew. Al Gore's enemy, the U.N.'s enemy: global warming. Then you get the scientists - eugenics. You get the scientists - global warming. Then you have to discredit the scientists who say, 'That's not right.' And you must silence all dissenting voices. That's what Hitler did." -- Glenn Beck

"You cannot take away freedom to protect it, you cannot destroy the free market to save it, and you cannot uphold freedom of speech by silencing those with whom you disagree. To take rights away to defend them or to spend your way out of debt defies common sense." -- Glenn Beck

"Most times we're so focused on what we think we want that we can't appreciate how happy we already are. It's only when we forget about our problems and help others forget theirs that we realize how good we really have it." -- Glenn Beck

"Application of your faith will change your life" -- Glenn Beck

"You can either complain about how hard your life is, or you can realize that only you are responsible for it." -- Glenn Beck

"No one who has passed through the storm has ever regretted the journey. No one stands here and wishes to go back to the other side." -- Glenn Beck