Destroyed from Within

Putin’s having a great time watching

America being destroyed from within.

Trump is taking leave of his senses,

And people's patience is wearing thin.

 

Continuing to divide the country,

Trump is spreading a "communist" scare.

The fact that there is no threat at all

Doesn't matter; he doesn't care.

 

His nightly rambling social media

Posts from his phone--his favorite tool--

Allow Putin to relish watching him

Look like a silly, demented fool.

 

Depleting military stockpiles

On his senseless war with Iran,

Trump's too dense to realize

That he is basically Putin's pawn.

 

His groups of white nationalist

Supporters grow more out of control

While he as a wannabe autocrat

Continues to expand his role.

 

He wants to control the nation's elections.

Putin most likely gives him advice

On how to rig our future voting.

Democracy will pay the price.

 

Trump has totally weaponized

The DOJ to go after foes.

When it comes to being divisive,

He and his admin team are pros.

 

Whenever Trump disparages NATO,

Putin is in seventh heaven.

He also loves it when Trump insists

There should be a G8, not -7.°

 

Putin jumps for joy when he sees

Protectors of democracy fight

With Trump supporters who sing his praises

And agree with him that might makes right.
  

A weak, divided America:

That's what Putin wants to see.

If things don't change, we will have to

Say good-bye to the land of the free.

-by Bob B (7-13-26)

°G7 (Group of Seven) - an intergovernmental forum of seven nations, not including Russia

Poor ICE Barbie

Kristi Noem, we hear that you're

Divorcing hubby, Bryon. Oh, dear!

Poor baby! It looks as though

You are having a very bad year.

 

So Bryon is into cross-dressing.

My, my! What's a girl to do?

Is the problem that when he wears

Your clothes he looks much better than you?

 

Involved in so many controversies,

You seem to have been caught in a thicket.

But Bryon is truly lucky that he

Didn't suffer the same fate as Cricket.°

 

We heard reports regarding your

Alleged romantic involvement with Corey.°°

You both deny it, but still it makes us

Wonder if there is more to the story.

 

When you were homeland security

Secretary, how you lied!

While you have been in your new position,°°°

Tell us how many people have died.

 

Do you feel any remorse

At all for the deaths in Minnesota?

Here's some advice: move back home

And stay on your ranch in South Dakota.

-by Bob B (7-11-26)

 

°Former Trump campaign aide

°°Noem's pet dog that she shot because of its unruly behavior

°°°Special envoy for the Shield of the Americas

ICE Kills Again

ICE agents have killed again--

Once more causing heartbreak and tears--

A hard-working man this time who'd been

Living here for thirty-five years.

 

Lorenzo Araujo worked hard to send

Three sons to college. A typical theme:

People who toil to help their families

Live what we call the American dream.

 

As unmarked cars cut him off

While driving, the victim tried to flee.

The agents said he tried to ram them.

In videos that is not what we see.

 

ICE again is using the same

Old story in order to justify

The killing of an immigrant

Who really didn't have to die.

 

Araujo had no prior convictions.

There was no need to target the man.

To ICE, of course, he was a villain--

A Hispanic person driving a van.

 

We hear the agents didn't have

Body cams. Couldn't afford them.

What? With all the billions of dollars

That ICE receives, agents could hoard them!

 

ICE, stop killing innocent people!

Stop tormenting our immigrant friends!

Stop the driving of unmarked cars!

Tell the truth and make amends!

 

Everybody, wear your whistle.

For a camera, your phone will suffice.

Record what federal agents are doing.

Abolish the agency. NO MORE ICE!

-by Bob B (7-10-26)

The World's Most Hated Person

People say we shouldn't hate.

They say it's hurtful, callous, and wrong.

I never hated anyone--

That’s until Trump came along.

 

He brings it all upon himself,

For he's a hateful human being--

Malicious, repulsive, disgusting, obnoxious.

At least that is what the world is seeing.

 

Christ and Buddha wouldn't have

Supported the hatred--not even a tad.

But billions of people have been on Earth;

Despising ONE can't be that bad.

 

To say he's the world's most hated person,

You do not have to go out on a limb.

The heartless, egomaniacal liar

Makes EVERYTHING all about him!

 

He lacks compassion, empathy,

Shame and remorse. He's indiscreet.

Thinking he's so important, he wants

The world to grovel at his feet.

 

And people who don't? Well, they'll get

A taste of the madman's retribution:

Attacks, baseless investigations,

And threats--overall persecution.

 

He tromps on our Constitution and his

Supporters are okay with it.

They see the wholesale corruption occurring

And let him get away with it.

 

The unforgivable deaths he has caused;

His job performance: a super flop;

All the damage that he has done:

The suffering and abuses don't stop.

 

I will NOT apologize

For feeling the way I do. No way!

The man is simply despicable

In every respect. What more can I say?

-by Bob B (7-9-26)

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)