America became a culture in requiem,
cranky, fearful, accustomed to the ambient muzak of decay.
A nation in retreat - uninformed, cowed, confused,
or sadly - too tired to care..
and thus..
The sons and daughters of liberty
prayed for a corrupt President
a tacky, loutish and apoplectic
leader of thieves
to bring hopelessness to the masses
to hide old crimes and invent new ones
demolish treasured symbols
or rename them in his own tacky honor
and put our freedoms and safeties on ICE
to turn markets into frontlines
erode the trust and affection of allies
openly steal from the poorest
and promote literal disease by eliminating vaccines
to eradicate the insured and the employed,
whimsically skew markets to chaos
and strain, past breaking, blind justice.
Ironically, said prayers, like fabled wishes
were answered and the people rushed,
most trustingly, as if running with scissors,
into his sticky arms.
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Songs for this:
The End of the Innocence - Don Henley
Obladi Oblada - Serena Zee