In order to determine your Election Day decision Candidates should clarify The future they envision We voted once for Hope and Change And brother, we got plenty I need to see specifics In November 2020 I’ve searched their plans and platforms In a scary exploration And I can see the future Through precise [...]
When weeks like these come frequently There is no time to feel We wake up in a world We cannot recognize as real Our common heart is wounded And there seems no way to heal They tell us where it happened Do we know someone there? We’re safe and far away Somehow we know [...]
While I have respect and revrence For our ancient Constitution The problem that were facing Needs a radical solution For the system it created Is what put us in this pickle And the parchment that its printed on Aint worth a wooden nickel As youd understand by now If youve tuned to these [...]
The spectacle we witnessed May be worthy of derision But in thinking what I’d write today I could make no decision Was what I saw dispositive Or just a mad illusion? I thought a lot about it But have reached no firm conclusion The Congressmen impressed me By how desperate they are I [...]
Those who long for justice See him as the last resort But, alas, were all still waiting For the IG to report. It seems that we've been waiting And we're waiting without stop One shoes on the carpet But the other one won't drop With bated breath we waited for The Mueller screed [...]
My flag was old and faded From its time out in the sun My wife said, for the weekend We should get a better one So I went to the Home Goods store And asked the hardware guy He said that I could find them On the end of aisle “I” I took [...]
The first debates are over Who will make the second round? The air is full of outrage There are gauntlets on the ground Theyve made a score of promises And lit them up in neon Minor, are there differences But one thing they agree on The man they hate, who daily in The [...]
In a world that’s driven by Container ships and cargoes We’re told that nothing good can come From tariffs and embargoes From back in fifth grade civics The memories still stab me Of farmers, smiths, and sailors Waving signs that said “O Grab Me” France and Britain battled So, the bill our Congress [...]
It seems to me, from world events The pendulum is swinging For European Unionists The fat lady is singing Dictatorship by bureaucrats Is hardly worth defending Its only hope are lunatics Who think the world is ending It’s hard to pledge allegiance To banners or bandana That fly above the clerks Who set the shape [...]
The scouts arrive at 7 A simple ceremony Shorter than you expect it to be The flags are given out And each scout finds his line of stones Press the flag into the ground Read out the name on the marker Salute 86 thousand times in the morning 86 thousand times As if [...]