Do Not Tell Me

A message to the POTUS...

Do not tell me while thousands of people

Are dying each week, that you see an end

To what has been a devastating

Pandemic. What? We're rounding the bend?

 

Do not tell me that just because

You survived COVID-19

With mild symptoms, that you have the right

To push your propaganda machine.

 

Do not tell me how much you care

About the American people when

All your super-spreader events

Endanger lives again and again.

 

Do not tell me how proud you are

Of all you've done to fight the virus.

The people know the truth of the matter,

And all of your lies continue to tire us.

 

Do not tell me that you know more

Than credible experts and choose instead

To listen to someone who spoke on Fox News,

Merely because you liked what he said.

 

Do not tell me that you can't see

The damage you've done by failing to act.

All your efforts to hide the truth

Exacerbated the danger, in fact.

 

Do not tell me that I should be willing

To risk my life and then wish me well--

That I'll help save the economy.

Frankly, you can go to hell.

-by Bob B (10-27-20)