Unfortunate Decision

Americans have made a decision.

Why did they decide

To put someone into office who

Will take them for a ride?

 

They elected a man so full

Of vengeance and desperation

That his campaign was principally

Lies and misinformation.

 

He pandered to the people's worries--

Worries that he created

By turning people against the folks

That he has deprecated.

 

He won't focus on key issues;

No, those he ignores.

He would rather perpetuate

Hateful culture wars.

 

Islamo-, trans-, and homophobia

Will now be on the rise

As players in Trump's administration

Begin to mobilize

 

Racist stooges surrounding him

Will always be in his ear,

Chipping away at human rights

And constantly stoking fear.

 

The deportation of immigrants

He says is first on his list

Of things to do, for he is such

A heartless nativist.

 

Loyalty above all else

Is what he always demands.

With autocrats all over the world,

He'll be shaking hands.

 

We’ve all seen that Trump's whole world

Is strictly quid pro quo.

With Elon Musk so tight with him,

Will Musk be running the show?

 

With no more guardrails to keep Trump in line,

He'll FURTHER disunite

Americans, and that will be

Much to Putin's delight.

 

I'm glad I wasn't complicit in choosing

One of the vilest of men

To take a seat in the Oval Office

And wreck the country again.

 

-by Bob B (11-13-24)