Spotlight and Spectacle

Spotlight and spectacle: That's what Trump wants.

Give him the spotlight and watch how he flaunts

His wealth, his power, his contacts, his name.

His cutthroat tactics are tied to his fame.

Instead of intelligent issues it seems

That verbal assaults are his primary themes.

His not-so-articulate reprisals and attacks

Are spat out with smugness as he looks for cracks

In the armor of fellow presidential contenders.

And of course the bully has his defenders.

Ah, but there's the rub, you see,

For his handful of followers eventually

Will see that there's no substance at all

Behind his façade--his smart-aleck wall.

His tactics resemble those of a brat

As he stoops to childish tit-for-tat.

McCain, Trump says, was really no hero,

And Lindsey Graham is batting zero.

Moreover, Trump, cattier than ever,

And thinking he was being very clever,

Shared Graham's mobile phone number

In front of the cameras, hoping to encumber

Graham with hassles. So much for class;

Trump is being a pain in the ass.

It's apparent that he has quickly aborted

Ties with the people he once supported,

And while he sucks up attention, the views

Of legitimate candidates aren't on the news.

Graham had called Trump a jackass, that's true,

And McCain had said something quite funny, too:

That Trump fires up the "crazies." I'm fain

To say that for ONCE I agree with McCain.

(7-22-15) By Bob B