Autocrats

Autocrats clearly despise

Congressional oversight,

For autocrats love control.

They always must pretend they're right.

Autocrats despise the truth.

If asked about it, they hem and haw.

They want to avoid our scrutiny,

Thinking they're above the law.

Autocrats have no problem

Obstructing justice. How they glower

At anyone who tries to prevent

Them from gaining total power!

Autocrats couldn't care less

Whether the people raise objections

As to how they rose to the top.

Forget the legitimacy of elections!

Autocrats stifle voices.

Freedom of speech? What is that?

Controlling what the people hear

Is the goal of the autocrat.

Autocrats have their fans

Who are quick to scoff and demean

Those who aren't brainwashed by

The huge propaganda machine.

Autocrats trample on rights.

Freedoms are on the chopping block

While the autocrats distract

The people with sanctimonious talk.

Autocrats can garner votes,

Despite their having no sense of shame.

If people elect autocrats,

They have only themselves to blame.

-by Bob B (6-5-19)