LOCK H...HIM UP!

“Lock her up!” Trump’s fans would yell

At campaign rallies in 2016.

Trump just ate it up, for he

Loves to see his fans make a scene.

 

Over and over, Trump would harp

About Hillary's emails, and then,

When his subsequent rally occurred,

He started in all over again.

 

The alleged mishandling of classified docs

Became Trump's wild and crazy fixation.

The mere mention of jailing Clinton

Would get from his crowd a loud ovation.

 

It didn't matter that there was no proof

Of willful negligence involved;

To lambaste Clinton in any way

He could, Donald Trump was resolved.

 

We know that Trump engages in conduct

That he accuses others of doing.

The FBI has taken his classified

Docs, and now the man is stewing.

 

In office, Trump had signed into law

A bill cracking down on anyone

Willfully mishandling

Classified docs. But what has he done?

 

Exactly that! Allegedly.

How ironic if we should find

That Trump is guilty and sentenced under

The very same law that he had signed!

 

Covering up his many wrong-doings

And breaking the rules with pomp and glee

Have been Trump's M.O. from the start.

But will it blow up in his face? We'll see.

 

-by Bob B (8-28-22)

I've Got a Lot of Reading to Do

(This poem could be sung to the melody of "A Lot of Livin' to Do" by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams.)

 

There are books that fill all my cases.

Some are old, some flashy and new.

All those books leave no empty spaces.

I've got a lot of reading to do.

 

There are lots of topics to choose from.

There is fiction; there's non-fiction, too.

Lots of books that I get my views from.

I've got a lot of reading to do.

 

All those books are reading adventures,

And they lift me up when I'm blue.

I like to call them reading thirst quenchers.

I've got a lot of reading to do.

 

There's so much to read,

So much to learn, so much to know.

Read a book and you will grow!

I love to read books over and over--

A practice that I'd never eschew.

My stack's as high as the White Cliffs of Dover.

I've got a lot of reading to do.

 

Yes, reading MUST be called my main passion.

Can't live without it. What about you?

May it never go out of fashion.

I've got a lot of reading,

Lots and lots of reading,

I've got a lot of reading to do.

-by Bob B (8-16-22)

D.T., You'll See

(This poem could be sung to the melody of "Michelle" by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.)

 

D.T., you'll see:

Though you fool your minions with your lies,

You don't fool me.

D.T., je sais…

Je sais qui vous êtes vraiment…je sais…

Je sais vraiment.

Say, what the hell were you thinking

When you took all those docs?

You think that simple locks

Will protect top secret docs from getting out of your hands?

 

D.T., I'll say

You aren't fit to run this country; no,

I say no way.

There are folks out there who want you

To be their shining star.

They don't see who you are.

Or if they do, they might see through your guise, and they dare

Not to care.

 

You HAVE to know that you aren't guilt free.

But does that faze you? No.

You just put on your show.

To get your way you have to play the martyr each day.

 

D.T., you'll see.

Fess up to your wrongs and be a man.

Yes, be a man.

I say accountability's a word that you have to learn,

Dear D.T.

 

D.T., you'll see:

Though you fool your minions with your lies,

You don't fool me.

-by Bob B (8-14-22)

No One Here Can Be Above the Law

(This poem could be sung to the tune of the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine.")

 

In the land where we now live

Lives a man who wants to be

Free to do whate'er he wants

With complete impunity.

He was once a president

Who thought he was king, you see.

His M.O. was to scrape by

With complete impunity.

 

No one here can be above the law,

Be above the law, be above the law.

No one here can be above the law,

Be above the law, be above the law.

 

And the people of the land--

At least most of them--said, "Aha!

Let us all reiterate…

 

"No one here can be above the law,

Be above the law, be above the law.

No one here can be above the law,

Be above the law, be above the law."

 

People all should ask themselves,

Should a criminal like this go free?

He should not keep getting by

With complete impunity.

 

No one here can be above the law,

Be above the law, be above the law.

No one here can be above the law,

Be above the law, be above the law.

-by Bob B (8-11-22)

A Conversation

I heard a knock upon the door.

“A knock so late at night?”

I felt a strong presentiment

That something wasn’t right.

 

Toward the door I inched my way

And stood with bated breath.

I opened it, and there I stood--

Face to face with Death.

 

He said, “Don’t let me bother you.

It isn’t TOO late, is it?

I was in the neighborhood

And thought I’d pay a visit.”

 

“Death, be gone! I am not ready

For eternal sleep.”

And quoting Frost, I told him I had

“Promises to keep.”

 

“Once you’re gone, that won’t matter,”

He said. “And furthermore,

The only thing that matters is

What’s happened heretofore.” 

 

“That’s not true,” I told him. “There is

Always much to do.

Karmic causes and effects

Bring constant revenue.

 

“By revenue I do not mean

Individual worth;

I mean how our actions help

To benefit dear Earth.”

 

“Poor thing,” said Death. “Everything

Must pass. Don’t you see?

All that you have done dissolves

Once you come with me.”

 

“Oh, you are so wrong,” I countered.

“Every worthy action

Has a positive effect--

If only just a fraction--

 

“And those effects live on and on.

And, no, they do not die.

There’s more to accomplish here,

So, therefore, pass me by.”

 

And so Death turned to walk away

And gave me a reprieve.

I guess he wasn’t so dead set

On forcing me to leave.

 

Maybe he’ll find someone ready

To go, with spirits beaming.

Or else he’ll try to drag away

Someone kicking and screaming.

-by Bob B (8-8-22)

The F-Word

Many speakers of English avoid

Using the F-word. That's okay.

But I am concerned; therefore, it's

A word I'm not afraid to say.

 

FASCISM. There! I said it.

We've seen it rise; we've seen it fall.

Now it's as though fascism is

Getting a brand new overhaul.

 

Viktor Orbán of Hungary

Speaks of the impropriety

Of what to him is anathema:

A mixed-race society.

 

Keeping our countries "pure" is what

Orbán touts as a major goal.

Non-white immigrants only dilute

The race. Sound familiar? Jawohl!

 

Orbán's rhetoric jumps right out of

The Nazi playbook--right on track.

The press and academic freedom

Are also what he loves to attack.

 

And yet he's invited to Texas to speak

At CPAC,° where crowds on the Right

Give the man a standing ovation

And raise their voices in cheers of delight!

 

He talks about the replacement theory

And takes advantage of each opportunity

To viciously attack and malign

The LGBTQ community.

 

We also know that Donald Trump

Gladly put out the welcome mat

For Orbán to come and speak with him.

Of course, who is surprised about that?

 

In World War II we fought to stop

The rise of fascist dictatorships.

The movement again is a growing problem

With which we have to come to grips.

 

Stakeholders in democracy,

Be on guard or we will lose

The freedoms for which we fought for years

If we close our eyes and snooze.

-by Bob B (8-5-22)

°Conservative Political Action Conference

In the News...

R v. W and Kansas

 

SCOTUS! Oh, my: what a sham!

And boy, are we in a jam!

The ruling it made

On Roe versus Wade

Sets us back fifty years. Damn!

 

With their extremist mentality,

They THINK they're defending morality.

They merely show

What we all know:

That they're out of touch with reality.

 

The people of Kansas decided

That they will not be misguided.

Women won't lose

Their right to choose,

For reason and sense have presided.

 

China

 

China is rattling its saber

And hurling more threats at its neighbor.

Taiwan be free?

That just can't be:

A point China loves to belabor.

 

Brittney Griner

 

Brittney Griner has learned

How easy it is to get burned

In Putin's domain--

A scary terrain.

We all want Griner returned!

 

Let Russia be struck from your list

Of places to visit. The gist?

People's small actions

Are major infractions,

For justice there doesn't exist.

-by Bob B (8-4-22)