From Denial to Blame Game

COVID-19 continues to spread.

We know that for a fact.

And yet it took the feds such

A long time to act.

Trump's denial at first didn't

Help the matter at all.

There are obvious consequences

When nations' leaders stall.

Trump supporters on TV report,

"People die every day

In swimming pools and accidents."

Obnoxious things to say!

One thing that makes their arguments

So utterly outrageous

Is that auto accidents

And pools are NOT contagious!

To save the economy, let people die?

That is what they're implying.

Their callousness and thoughtlessness

Are truly horrifying.

Trump's approach flip-flops daily,

From what we can see.

He wants ultimate power but no

Responsibility.

When state governors implement

Guidelines on his list,

He stupidly tells fanatic fans

To publicly resist.

He tells the country's governors

It's all in their hands.

Inept and lacking empathy,

He's tired of their demands.

By making them all fend for themselves,

He can later claim

That if the situation worsens,

They'll be the ones to blame.

It's all about the election to him--

That his power survives.

He hopes that no one sees how he's playing

Politics with our lives.

We can't move forward if we do not

Implement widespread testing.

Test, isolate, treat, and trace

Are what we should be requesting.

As one governor succinctly says--

Not wanting to blunder--

That it's much better to be six feet

Apart than six feet under.

-by Bob B (4-18-20)