The Other Guy

If you favor a leader who's

An autocrat wannabe;

If locking kids at the border in cages

Is your cup of tea;

 

If constantly being lied to doesn't

Bother you at all;

If you like a leader who says,

To hell with protocol;

 

If you think a president should

Surround himself with crooks

And you can't see that he's much more

Dangerous than he looks;

 

If you don't mind that you are being

Taken for a ride

By someone who's a con man who

Has far too much to hide;

 

If it's quite okay when someone

Says his words aren't his,

Or says he's not a racist, although

Racists think he is;

 

If it's fine that leaders don't

Care whom they degrade,

Or will not be responsible

For the mess they've made;

 

If you admire a president

Who cheated on all three wives,

Or lied about a pandemic that

Has taken many lives;

 

If you like a leader who

Rants and raves nonstop

And goes all out to help the wealthy

People at the top;

 

If you approve of a leader who feels

That beggars can't be choosers,

Or one who's called our fallen soldiers

Both suckers and losers;

 

If you favor an American

President who incites

People to violence and steps

On our hard-earned rights;

 

Then vote for the one who, in time,

Will leave you high and dry.

I am happy to say my vote

Will go to the other guy.

-by Bob B (10-31-20)