Five years ago this week
Trump incited a deadly riot.
Many who condemned him then--
What a surprise!--now are quiet.
In fact, they're siding with White House lies,
For Trump's administration claims
That the January 6
Rioters had praiseworthy aims--
That they were simply "protesters,"
"Peaceful and patriotic." Say what?
Trump's rewriting history,
And once again, he's off his nut.
What a slap in the face that is
To officers who were injured then--
Who were defending democracy.
THESE are praiseworthy women and men.
What is happening here is atrocious:
Trump is rapidly chipping away
At democratic freedoms that
We cherish in the U.S.A.
Worried, the autocrat in chief
Continues to raise baseless objections
About our voting system, for he
Doesn't trust our country's elections.
And now we are invading other
Countries! What have we become?
Russia? Watching the nonsense that
Is going on here leaves us numb.
The Trump administration is giving
Different reasons for the invasion:
Drugs. Oil. Regime change. It seems
That Trump will look for any occasion.
If we are talking regime change
In our western hemisphere,
The place where it is mostly needed
Is undeniably right here!
-by Bob B (1-7-26)
