Oh, What Will Be Our Fate?

A Poem by Bob B

I no longer recognize

These United States.

In my lifetime, we've never been

In such desperate straits.

Due process for many folks

Is widely being denied.

We are seeing the Constitution

Being cast aside.

The power-hungry president

Constantly tries to extort

Favors from others and threatens them if

He doesn't get their support.

The rule of law is currently being

Eroded by the hour

To give the demented president

Authoritarian power.

Trumplicans watch him defy the courts,

And they're okay with it.

He could spit in their faces, and yes,

He'd get away with it.

He treats the DOJ as though

It's his private firm,

And AG Bondi wants to make

Trump's dissenters squirm.

The envy of the world was our

Economy when he

Ascended the throne, but now the mess

He's making is sad to see.

He doesn't care if people might suffer

From a Trump recession.

Doesn't he understand that tariffs

Worsened the Great Depression?

Trump and his administration

Will not back away

From trying to have control over

What we do and say.

His many executive orders are being

Challenged, but he doesn't care.

He derives great Schadenfreude

From other people's despair.

"America the Beautiful"

Is now a different song.

It's lyrics must reflect what is

Occurring. Sing along:

How sad it is to see this land

Become what it's become!

The president looks down on us