Wrongfully Detained

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 Trump-Epstein Waltz

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)

What a Boon!

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)

Oh, Jeff Epstein!

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)

The Ballad of Stephen (Demon) Miller

There is a thug 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 damn.

 

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 Nazi-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)

What Leadership!

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)

Praying Away the Rain?

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)