I am ANTIFA

I am ANTIFA.

No, I carry no membership card;

No such cards exist.

I can proudly say that I'm

NOT a jingoist.

But I am ANTIFA.

 

I am ANTIFA.

There's no president; there are

No meetings to attend.

There's no group to call to order--

Only rights to defend.

So I am ANTIFA.

 

I am ANTIFA.

There's no mission statement and no

Dues one has to pay.

Because there is no group, there are

No members per se.

But I'm still ANTIFA.

 

I am ANTIFA.

Fascism has no place at all

In our democracy.

So anyone who's anti-fascist

Is ANTIFA like me.

We are ANTIFA.

 

I am ANTIFA.

Donald Trump calls anti-fascists

Terrorists, so there!

Call me ANTIFA. To me it is

A badge of honor to wear.

Thus, I'm ANTIFA.

-by Bob B (6-23-26)

Ode to Algae

O great Reflecting Pool with wondrous

Beauty meant to last,

Your algae love to sing the praise

Of every chloroplast!

 

Symbol of Trump's presidency

And monument to what

Happens when the country is

Ruled by a nut.

 

Trump says only he can fix

A problem, so he hires

Grifters with his no-bid deals.

Ah, then what transpires?

 

The project fails miserably,

But still Trump will laud

All the work his buddies did,

Even though it's flawed.

 

Your "American flag blue" sealant

Allowed the algae to flourish

By making a warmer environment

For friends that it would nourish.

 

Reflecting Pool, your dark blue water

Became a vivid green.

That that would happen, according to experts,

Was not unforeseen.

 

The blue sealant lifted off

The bottom in large strips,

Which tourists took as souvenirs

While laughing over quips.

 

Of course, Trump had to find

Someone else to blame.

Democrats are always for him

An easy target to name.

 

Over fourteen millions bucks

Were spent to restore

Your beauty, while the people suffer

As costs continue to soar.

 

Reflecting Pool, full of algae,

Remind us all; make haste!

Show what happens when a land

Is run by fraud and waste.

-by Bob B (6-21-26)

A President's Retreat

Trump, along with Netanyahu,

Attacked Iran and started a war.

Now the U.S. and the world

Are worse off than they were before.

 

Trump said unconditional

Surrender was the only way

His war would end, and during the conflict

Every day was Groundhog Day.

 

He sounds like a tough guy, huh?

Ah, but this is worth remembering:

Was Trump saying all along

That he would be the one surrendering?

 

Now we have an MOA:

A memorandum of understanding

Between the U.S. and Iran.

Iran is doing the demanding.

 

Sanctions against Iran will be lifted,

Giving it access to world trade.

Iran will also receive from us

Three hundred billion dollars in aid.

 

For sixty days Iran won't charge

Fees for passage through the Strait.

After that, who knows what

Charges the country will contemplate.

 

Again, Iran says it won't

Procure nuclear weapons, but how

Will the country be monitored?

No plan seems to exist right now.

 

The hardliners running Iran

Are stronger now, and they have shown

That they have leverage over us

Because of Trump. Let that be known!

 

We were gaslighted all along.

Information was never clear-cut.

Lives were lost, costs surged,

Economies suffered. All for what?

 

Negotiating instead of bombing

Would have been a better plan.

But once again, Trump screwed up.

What a sorry, pitiful man!

-by Bob B (6-18-26)

Help Us Save Democracy

Help us save democracy;

Help us save this land.

Let the rule of law prevail.

Reach out; give me your hand.

 

When presidents exceed the bounds

Of what is right and wrong

And take away our freedoms, then

The people must stay strong.

 

When rulers with their oligarchs

Hold on to strict control

Of what we folks can say or do,

Defiance plays a role.

 

CHORUS:

Help us save democracy;

Help us save this land.

Let the rule of law prevail.

Reach out; give me your hand.

 

When presidents cause suffering

And use deceit and lies,

Their so-called "love of country" is

Merely a disguise.

 

Shocked when we see through their falsehoods,

They resort to schemes

To gaslight us so that we won't

Challenge their regimes.

 

CHORUS:

Help us save democracy;

Help us save this land.

Let the rule of law prevail.

Reach out; give me your hand.

 

When religion is misused

To back discrimination,

To speak against hypocrisy

Is our obligation.

 

Our rights are disappearing fast.

Don't let Trump derail

The train of freedom. Let's all hope

That justice can prevail.

 

CHORUS:

Help us save democracy;

Help us save this land.

Let the rule of law prevail.

Reach out; give me your hand.

-by Bob B (6-17-26)

The Most Corrupt

When we think of our past leaders,

We have quite a list

Of presidents from Washington

To the current narcissist.

But if you think that any other

Presidents were bad,

Hands down Trump's the most corrupt

President we have had.

 

Whether it's through cryptocurrency

Or insider trading plots,

Trump keeps on amassing wealth;

Just connect the dots.

Trump's two sons are quick to show us

That they won't be outsmarted;

They've found ways to bring in money

From a war their father started.

 

If you're a felon and if the courts

Convicted you of fraud,

Send some money to Trump, and then

From him you'll get a nod.

His current scheme: to sue himself--

In a manner of speaking--

By suing the IRS for billions

Of dollars! He's so self-seeking!

 

Want access to the president?

Know that nothing's free:

Everything he does is a matter of

"Hmm. What's in it for me?"

He and his admin team just love

To muddy the waters by stewing

About corruption and say that others

Are doing what THEY are doing.

 

What about rules and regulations?

To Trump they don't apply.

He CLAIMS he acts in our best interests.

That's just one more lie.

It's such a joke when people say,

"Oh, he's NOT so bad."

Hands down he's the most corrupt

President we have had.

-by Bob B (5-16-26)

Unwell

We now have a ranting and raving

President who's very unwell.

Knowing that, members of Congress

Really ought to be raising hell.

 

A president who sends out posts

On social media late at night--

Fifty-five posts within three hours--

Definitely, is not all right.

 

Blasting his so-called "enemies,"

Accusing Barack Obama of treason,

Obsessing about stolen elections…

Trump has lost his sense of reason.

 

He labels folks as traitors and then

Stupidly calls for their arrest.

He posts AI images

Of people with whom he is obsessed.

 

Meanwhile, his war with Iran goes on,

Inflation's shot up, prices are high,

Many people have lost health care,

And the Trump admin continues to lie.

 

The government's not being upfront

About the total costs of the war--

This senseless war that shouldn’t have happened.

And we're worse off than we were before!

 

He talks of building his ballroom and arch

And altering the reflecting pool.

If you question him, you'll be

The object of his ridicule.

 

Because of the strange, alternate

Reality that Trump envisions,

Clearly, as president he cannot

Be trusted with making important decisions.

 

When will Republicans in Congress

Grow a backbone? People are waiting.

Their failure to stand up to Trump

Is totally exasperating.

-by Bob B (5-13-26)

Hope for Hungary

In Hungary, the people have ousted

Viktor Orbán! Hip, hip, hurray!

A new leader, Péter Magyar,

Is promising a brand new day.

 

After 16 years of Orbán,

During which time folks had to cope

With hateful repression and limited rights,

Magyar is offering freedom and hope.

 

Not all folks deserve to have

Equal rights, Orbán claimed.

Only straight white men should possess

All the power, he maintained.

 

Orbán controlled the media.

Freedom of speech was thus curtailed.

Let's all hope that the autocrat's

Corruption now becomes unveiled.

 

Mobilizing supporters with fear

And hatred was for Orbán the trend.

Magyar says Hungarians must

Be united; the hatred must end.

 

Hungarians brought democracy

Back to their country. 'Twill be a shame

If we in future elections here

In America cannot do the same.

 

-by Bob B (5-11-26)