Hold on to Democracy°

Oh, can you imagine a thing more bizarre?

Strange things can happen but this is by far

One of the craziest stories I've heard.

Call it outrageous, for that's a good word.

 

The end times are coming and we're on the brink.

That's what some white evangelicals think.

The one who'll be leading us over this hump

Will be none other than Donald J. Trump.

 

Sing too-ra-lie-loo-ra-lie-loo-ra-lie-ay.

 

This crazy idea explains to us why

So many people believe Trump's Big Lie.

His challenge, they feel, is not just a whim:

That the election was stolen from him.

 

Other groups out there have joined in the cause

And bow and kowtow to their Wizard of Oz.

Even the Moonies have entered the fray.

How easy it is to lead people astray!

 

Sing too-ra-lie-loo-ra-lie-loo-ra-lie-ay.

 

Part of their big propaganda machine

Is rhetoric very much anti-vaccine.

Some of the leaders are sounding alarms

To talk devotees into taking up arms.

 

Conspiracy theories continue to weave

Through the ideas that these folks believe.

Yes, they remind us that we have free will;

But far-fetched ideas lead people to kill.

 

Sing too-ra-lie-loo-ra-lie-loo-ra-lie-ay.

 

Some politicians will hold up a gun

And say to us that church and state should be one.

I guess in their readings there's something they missed:

Our Constitution was not on their list.

 

Maybe the end of the world it won't be,

But what is going on gives no comfort to me.

Democracy's fragile; there is no doubt.

And we can't let radical groups wipe it out.

 

Sing too-ra-lie-loo-ra-lie-loo-ra-lie-ay.

 

-by Bob B (10-7-21)

°This poem can be sung to the melody of "Sweet Betsy from Pike."