Boogeymen

Republicans have a boogeyman.

Actually, more than one.

They are extremely creative and won’t

Let themselves be outdone.

 

Take critical race theory�"

One of their current bugaboos.

They say it’s going to bring about

Our downfall. Hear them on Fox News.

 

Expressing White racial grievance

And complaining about C.R.T.

Shift the focus away from systemic

Racism here in this “land of the free.”

 

Marxism and socialism�"

Also right-wing boogeymen

That pose insidious threats to our freedom?

Yawn! No, not this again!

 

Of course, you have the deep state conspiracy�"

Another one of their baseless fears�"

Which, they like to point out, has been

Happening during the past five years.

 

Then there’s always Antifa! Right-wing

Pundits will not let you forget,

Although far-right domestic terrorists

Are the ones posing a REAL threat.

 

What about the Devil incarnate:

George Soros, whom they bash

Excessively on right-wing shows

Where they spread their balderdash?

 

Ah, and don't forget the Dems.

Trumplicans love to fulminate

Against the Democrats and call them

Dangerous enemies of the state.

 

They say these boogeymen are going to

Destroy us and NOT just tarnish our name.

Do they REALLY believe this nonsense?

Are they for real? Or is it a game?

 

-by Bob B (7-18-21)

Reviews

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

It is obfuscation pure and simple. If you stand for nothing you fall for anything. So the lies become your truth. That is their agenda, because you can't run on the idea of shifting wealth and power to the rich and corporations. Who is dumb enough to vote for that? Oh wait...it's already been answered. The uneducated voter who votes against their own self interests on lies. Especially the lies against people of color because of their beliefs they are losing the majority and ceding power to them. And it's an inherent fear they may suffer reprisal for the many years of propagating a system of governance that catered to their needs only. The systematic racism they refuse to believe that exists in this society. Thank you for this enlightening poem, my friend.