Comments in Poetry and Song: February 2025

Thursday, February 27, 2025

The New Pandemic

A virus is now infecting the nation.

It means that only the strong will survive.

This insidious virus is called

Project 2025.

Its carriers go by the names of Trump,

Musk, Vought, Bondi and all

Oblivious Americans

Who can’t see the writing that’s on the wall.

Trump lied through his rotten teeth

During his election campaign.

He said he knew NOTHING about the plan.

Lying, of course, is his domain.

Once in office, he began

To show an eagerness to embrace

The Project through his appointed team

Who now are putting the plan into place.

The virus is quickly spreading through Congress

As Trump's sycophants watch and swoon,

Afraid NOT to become infected

And showing that they were not immune.

The virus has horrible repercussions;

The consequences will be immense.

Most of what the infected are doing

Is damaging, hurtful, and makes no sense.

Christian nationalists are involved

Pushing their sick agenda as well.

Beware of their putrid policies.

Surely, you have noticed the smell.

Wisdom, knowledge, truth, and compassion

Are the primary antidotes.

Ah, one more: that everybody

In future elections gets out and votes!

-by Bob B (2-27-25)

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

What Will History Say?

History will tell the story

Of how the U.S. abandoned Ukraine--

Of how an American dictator rose

To power and left it out in the rain--

Of how he sidled up to the leader

Of Russia, and how his admin team

Carried out their Führer's plans

By fully supporting the tyrant's regime--

Of how the American dictator lied

And called Ukraine the true aggressor,

In total opposition to his

Wise and compassionate predecessor--

Of how the European nations

Continued to give Ukraine support

While the American bully's team

Continued to look for truths to distort--

Of how the American tyrant discounted

The pain that the Russians had inflicted

Upon the Ukrainian people, who

Held out longer than folks had predicted--

Of how the bully would help Ukraine

ONLY if there was quid pro quo,

For as a transactional tyrant, he didn't

Like it at all if someone said no--

Of how the dictator's sycophants

Maintained that democracy had failed,

Scoffed at the rule of law, and cheered

When liberties were being curtailed.

What will history say of the people

Who flatly refused the tyrant's demands--

Resisters on American shores

And caring leaders from other lands?

Maybe if all goes well, the cruel

And vicious tyrant will choke on his glory,

And leaders of democracy

Can change the outcome of history's story.

-by Bob B (2-25-25)

Monday, February 24, 2025

Where the Rainbow Came From

Utnapashtim, ancient in age,

Was paid a visit--which seemed quite odd--

From Ea, who thousands of years ago

Was a Sumerian water god.

The gods were angry with people on Earth.

As it turned out, the gripe that they had

Was simply because the humans were noisy

And NOT because they were evil or bad.

A god called Enlil suggested a flood.

It would be done, at his behest.

Once all that was over, he said,

The gods could get a good night's rest.

Ea told Utnapashtim to build

A giant boat. One of its features:

To be gigantic enough to hold

"The seed of ALL living creatures."

Utnapashtim finished his boat

Just before the rains began.

For six whole days and six whole nights

It rained nonstop, according to plan.

The only ones who survived the flood

Were those on Utnapashtim's boat.

Needless to say, they were all

Lucky that it had kept afloat.

The seventh day brought clear, calm weather.

A dove was released, but it soon returned.

Utnapashtim released a swallow.

When IT came back, too, he grew concerned.

"Hmmm," he thought. "Let's try a raven."

He sent forth a raven, and what do you know?

The raven did NOT return, for it

Had come across land. Way to go!

The huge boat came to rest upon

A mountaintop as waters receded.

All were relieved that the water god's

Urgent warnings had been heeded.

A god called Ishtar made the first

Rainbow appear across the sky

To serve as a promise of no more floods

And be a glory to meet the eye.

If you think that the story sounds

Familiar, well, you aren't alone.

The Israelites borrowed the story,

Changed it a bit, and made it their own.

-by Bob B (2-23-25)

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Speak Up!

Trump and his First Lady Musk

Are rapidly destroying this nation

While Republicans suffer from

A case of political constipation.

They sit in Congress and watch as Trump

Guts our agencies--one by one.

How much more irreparable

And careless damage is going to be done?

People's lives matter! Really!

But Trump and Elon Musk don't care.

You only matter to them if you

Happen to be a billionaire.

Our allies are being disregarded

And adversaries are being praised.

And still Republicans sit on their butts,

Useless, feckless, fickle, unfazed.

And Trump and Musk are spewing lies.

One would have to be a fool

Not to see how both of them

Favor autocratic rule.

Look at the deals they are making.

It's obvious what they are doing.

They just care about lining their pockets

And couldn't care less whom they are screwing.

Spineless, gutless members of Congress,

Do your job. Let them know

That you stand for democracy.

Tell the tyrants where to go!

-by Bob B (2-20-25)

Monday, February 17, 2025

If You Think About It...

Well over 50 percent

Of human conceptions have their way

Of ending themselves. And so we see

Spontaneous abortions at play. 🤔

Most of these also happen before

The woman knows she's pregnant, which means

That for whatever reason there is

Something going on behind the scenes. 😉

Of course, to avoid a pregnancy,

Don't leave it up to happenstance.

Take the necessary precautions

To stop it from happening in advance. 👍

Wow! So many natural

Abortions! The number is far from small.

If God exists, then "he" must be

The biggest abortionist of all! 😮

-by Bob B (2-17-25)

(Thanks to Sam H.) 🙏

Friday, February 14, 2025

Ark Madness

Among the many biblical myths,

My favorite is the story

Of Noah and his ark, which is

A borrowed allegory. 🤔

It's fun to imagine how Noah could manage

To fit into his boat

Two of every 8 million species

And keep his boat afloat. 🤣

There are folks around the world

Who have long insisted

That Noah and that gigantic ark

Actually existed. 😮

Somebody built a "replica,"

And people find it ducky

To visit it at the Ark Encounter

In the state of Kentucky. 🤪

Tour guides take groups to Turkey

To look for the ark each year.

If people spend their money on that,

One thing's crystal clear:

They are surely being fleeced.

Maybe they don't mind it.

But they should forget about seeking the ark,

For they ain’t gonna find it. 😉

-by Bob B (2-14-25)

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Back in the White House Again

(This poem can be sung to the melody of "Back in the Saddle Again" by Gene Autry and Ray Whitley.)

He’s BACK in the White House again.

Where HE can play God now and then.

Feeling SMUG 'cause he's immune,

He is STILL a base buffoon.