I am White and Black
Red and Yellow
Doesn't matter a wise man says
What color is the soul.

It's a terrible way to govern
Look about you, says one
I agree says another
But it's the best there is.

Don't despair, my American friends
Says a wise and compassionate poet
An old Russian proverb says
Criticize not a dancing bear
For being clumsy and not standing tall
But be amazed and grateful
That the bear can dance at all.

As the Dagger plunged
The ACA gasped and said
E Tu McConnell

Citizens, fellow citizens
The endless campaign is done
The nation has weathered every storm
And Donald Trump has won.

Not a trumpet sounds
But a mournful dirge is played
And on these capitol steps
Truth and decency are laid.

The message and some words are borrowed from Walt Whitman's very moving poem about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln-----
Oh Captain, My Captain
Our fearful trip is done-------

I hope that Walt will forgive me.

The Chicago Tribune editors in an article ask
What rhymes with lithium -ion battery
Challenging poets to address this awesome task.
Why, it is better than winning a lottery
It allows me, says the poet, to roam
By plugging into a socket at home.

The article described the surge and Electric vehicle production
expected in the next 10 to 20 years. In a playful aside
they asked how writers of songs find words to rhyme with battery.

I have made a fortune in real estate
Now I meet with Monarchs and heads of state
I golf at Mar-a Lago, drink at the bar,
Lord knows, I drive a golf ball very far.

But now a cloud hangs over my head
There is a comparison with Watergate it is said
But my relation with Putin is exceptionally fine
For he sends me a ***** instead of wine.

Oh Lord, you led Moses to the promised land
Through dry deserts and the Red sea
What must I do to make to make America great again
As a great, as great as me.

A basketball playing professor of law
Took advantage of an opportunity he saw
He ran as a Hyde Park resident
And became our celebrated president.

Hyde Park the home of Argonne lab and the U of C
Fathered many Nobel Prize winners and nominees to be
More than Harvard, they cared not it would seem
They claimed to have a better football team.  

I'll have to renew my loaner card
Obama placed his library in our backyard
His presidential record there for all to see
What a waste, says Donald Trump
He doesn't mention me.