Shutdown

The government shutdown drags on and on.

The president remains fixated

On building his wall on the southern border--

His arguments all fabricated.

Trump's speech--sounding like Stephen Miller--

Interrupted prime-time TV.

In efforts to shore up his base and win

More support, he made his plea.

A litany of Stephen Miller

Scare stories does not move

An audience who's on to their tactics--

Who sees what they're trying to prove--

That we have a humanitarian

Crisis here. No mistaking.

However, the crisis happens to be

A crisis of the president's making!

Using false statistics, the president

Tried to establish his flimsy case.

The con artist hoped to convince

Others beyond his regular base.

Once he said that he would be

Responsible for the shutdown, but that's

Immaterial now, for he

Is blaming the "evil" Democrats.

The Democrats are all for border

Security, to Trump's surprise.

But he is so obsessed with his "wall,"

That he can't see beyond his lies.

To hold the government hostage has been

Trump's tactic to get his way.

What we've seen in the past few weeks

Is a childish tantrum on display.

Hopefully, more people of conscience

Will cut and run from the president's side--

Tired of manufactured crises,

And tired of being taken for a ride.

-by Bob B (1-9-19)