Just in case you're unaware,
There are many folks out there
Who sadly have been rounded up
And wrongfully detained.

A president who's unrelenting
And WHO is always circumventing
Laws is pushing cruelty;
In him that is ingrained.

He called his act a state of war
And sent folks to El Salvador
Where many were mistreated; they
Were tortured and abused.

A lot of people living here
Are forced to live in constant fear
Of what the government might do
And methods being used.

Folks are snatched from off the street.
Plain-clothed, masked, and indiscreet,
The "agents" representing ICE
Are really crooks and thugs.

Citizens are targets, too.
If YOU are one, what would you do
If you were stopped and held for hours
Or days? But Trump just shrugs.

Is this what we've come to be?
What happened to the land where we
Believed in rights, due process, and
The vital rule of law?

Republicans in Congress! How
Can they support what's happening now?
Ask them what they think and they
Will merely hem and haw.

The situation we are in--
I mean the color of our skin--
Can put a target on our backs,
As cruel as that might sound.

Don't let silence be your guide.
Be vigilant and open-eyed.
Empty the detention camps
And burn them to the ground.

-by Bob B (7-26-25)

The music is playing; it's NOT "Brigadoon."
But WE can still hear a familiar tune--
A tune that Trump likes when he's hiding his faults.
This one is known as the Trump-Epstein waltz.

Trump is upset and is starting to squirm.
Things are not running so smoothly this term.
He's taking spaghetti to throw at the wall
To see what will stick, and so HE gives his all.

Obama and Hillary Clinton are now
His targets as he tries to show people how
The two were both treasonous. Trump's such a kid!
He blames them for having done JUST what he did!

To serve as another distraction, Trump's team--
Showing how good they can be when they scheme--
Released certain records: the MLK files.
They hope they can lead us off track with their wiles.

Epstein's accomplice, convicted of crimes,
Is sitting in prison. I'm SURE oftentimes
She wonders if she'll die from "suicide," too.
Or will she be pardoned by Trump? What think you?

The lawyers for Trump want to talk with her, so,
A deal might be made, and then THEY’LL let her go.
She'll HAVE to agree that she won't testify,
And IF she must do it, they'll want her to lie.

As Trump rambles on spouting nonsense, it's clear
That his mental issues are now more severe.
He hopes that the mess will blow over; the crook
Thinks IF he wastes time he will be off the hook.

So watch as Trump dances across the dance floor
To music that we have all heard played before.
He LOVES to distract us when hiding his faults.
This time he's dancing the Trump-Epstein waltz.

-by Bob B (7-23-25)

Fifty-six years ago!
For progress, what a boon!
Neil Armstrong, our astronaut,
Stepped onto the moon.

One of the greatest achievements of science
Since the world began:
He called it a "giant leap for mankind,"
And "one small step for a man."

Many of us who were living back then
Watched it on TV
Since it was being transmitted down here
For all the world to see.

However, science skeptics now
Think they're being deceived
And seem to prefer the times when people
Were killed for what they believed.

Humankind is greatly threatened
When people haven't learned
That ignorance is a dangerous thing
And science shouldn't be spurned.

Let's SING the praises, whether or not
You can carry a tune,
Of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin,
Who walked upon the moon.

-by Bob B (7-20-25)

We knew that Jeffrey Epstein was a cad and palled around
With Donald Trump his buddy, and in friendship they were bound.
But after his conviction, Jeffrey Epstein wondered why
Trump would lie and tell the press he barely knew the guy.

Chorus:
Oh, Jeff Epstein! You did not die for me.
But your death they say was suicide, and that's a mystery.

We hear a lot of what the people call the Epstein files.
We know that there is evidence that's stacked in piles and piles.
The AG made some promises, but now she's changed her mind.
It seems that she is nervous and afraid of what we'll find.

Chorus:
Oh, Jeff Epstein! You did not die for me.
But your death they say was suicide, and that's a mystery.

We cannot trust the DOJ since it's been weaponized.
That Trump is in the Epstein files, oh, who would be surprised?
They'll release as little information as they can
And hope that all the furor will blow over. That's their plan.

Chorus:
Oh, Jeff Epstein! You did not die for me.
But your death they say was suicide, and that's a mystery.

Because of what the "Wall Street Journal" wrote, Trump's lawyers say
That he's been "damaged" and they'll sue to make the "Journal" pay.
But what about the girls whose lives were changed forever? Shame
On Epstein, Trump, and other creeps who clearly are to blame.

Chorus:
Oh, Jeff Epstein! You did not die for me.
But your death they say was suicide, and that's a mystery.

-by Bob B (7-19-25)

There is a **** in the White House--
A member of Donald Trump's team--
Who's trying like mad to fulfill
His ideological dream.

Perhaps does the name Stephen Miller
Happen to ring a bell?
If so, then you know the one who
Acts like a demon from hell.

As Deputy Chief of Staff
And often in Donald Trump's ear,
Miller is using his power
To put his plan into high gear.

He didn't like the statistics
That he was hearing from ICE.
He went in ranting and raving.
The numbers, he said, don't suffice.

Criminals are very hard
For ICE to catch and deport.
If that's where they put all their focus,
They will keep coming up short.

Go into places of dining,
Home Depot stores, and fields
And round up the undocumented,
He said. Let's see what that yields.

ICE was met with resistance.
People said, This is a sham.
So Trump deployed the marines
And said, I DON'T give a ****.

Some of Trump's cabinet members
Have ceded a lot of control
To bloodthirsty Demon Miller:
A monster without any soul.

The Muslim ban was his baby.
He's anti-transgender rights.
Foreign policy matters
He also keeps in his sights.

Any diversity practice
For Miller's a target, we know.
As he goes after our rights,
We wonder how far he will go.

Family separation
Of immigrants: his goal for sure.
His cruel and racist agenda
Is very hard to endure.

For someone raised Jewish its odd
To have such a ****-like stance.
But it all makes sense as we watch
The Trump and Miller bromance.

Maybe one day it will happen
That we can all say good-bye
And wish Demon Miller good riddance.
Will YOU be as eager as I?
To wish him good-bye and good riddance,
Will YOU be as eager as I?

-by Bob B (7-14-25)

In Trump's mad world, we are seeing
That competence is not required,
For loyalty will get you the job,
And disloyalty will get you fired.

Just imagine the people least
Fit for a job: THEY'RE Trump's picks.
So now we have a government
Run by a bunch of lunatics!

His Cabinet members are out to destroy
The very agencies that they run.
WE are not their major concern;
It's singing the praises of number one.

When White House daily briefings must
Be dumbed down for Trump, we know
That we are very vulnerable.
Our situation is touch and go.

When asked difficult questions, Trump
Rambles on and his face goes blank.
It's pretty obvious that he
Is running on an empty tank.

When the defense secretary
And Trump are asked about Ukraine,
They shake their heads and cannot answer
The journalists' questions. That's insane!

In fact, when Trump is asked about
Specific accountability,
He responds in the following manner:
"I don't know; YOU tell me."

Is Trump demented, insane, or stupid?
Or is it that he just doesn't care?
Before his election, there was a warning
Loud and clear: Voter beware!

Carrying out vendettas, golfing,
And making money are Trump's concerns.
He sells his wares and makes his deals
While rivers flood and the nation burns.

When difficult problems arise, he just
Passes the buck and shifts the blame.
His major focus seems to be
The Trump brand. What a shame!

-by Bob B (7-12-25)

From recent floods in the state of Texas,
More than 100 lives have been lost.
Natural disasters can mean
That there's a tremendous human cost.

The horror and the tragedy
Cannot be overemphasized;
Nor can the magnitude of all
The suffering be verbalized.

We should lament the loss of lives
But NOT let ourselves get carried away
By false interpretations, which
Make no sense in the world today.

Governor Abbott of Texas has said
That prayers "could have been the reason
Why water stopped rising" where the storm
Took place this deadly monsoon season.

He thanked "God almighty" for having
Blessed his state. What a shame!
God always gets the credit
But never seems to get the blame.

If God was so concerned, then why
Did he even allow the slaughter
Of innocent people who were trapped
By rising, rushing river water?

What Abbott should be focusing on
Is public safety and being prepared
For such disasters, so in the future
Many more human lives can be spared.

Without research, adequate staffing,
Climate-change mitigation,
And smart, effective alert systems,
We will see more devastation.

Making a private matter a public
Announcement is what’s at issue here.
Abbott can pray as much as he wants
If that is something that he holds dear.

He makes God sound just like Trump:
Someone who without a doubt
Loves to start a fire and then
Receive great praise for putting it out.

-by Bob B (7-9-25)