AMERICA BEING TESTED

A Black Man died

When a law officer knelt on his neck

And many Caucasians say

“What the heck”

Some don’t get the anger

Some get the anger

But not the violent reaction

Some are just racists

Primed to their own violent action

And failing to exercise national leadership

In this time of great need

Is a narcissistic individual

Who is capable only of personal greed

ORANGE HOAX PUZZLED

The Orange Hoax wants to sic troops

On those protesting police conduct

He’s itching to show he’s a tough guy

And in this instance doesn’t want to pass the buck

His base would be wowed

By a use of excessive force

Many are from the crowd

That appreciates a racist boss

tRump’s only hesitancy

Is that politics is his main motivation

And he can’t quite figure out

The politics of this situation

Being tough on demonstrators

Would please many of his followers

But would not likely gain him more adherents

Beyond a few right-wing agitators

PRESIDENT THUG

There’s a thug in the White House

Who doesn’t understand

When a cop allegedly committed murder

The outrage exploded and ran

Yes, the reaction was violent

But though violence may not be acceptable

it is sometimes explainable

And regrettably even unavoidable

Characterizing the participants as “thugs”

Shows a very, very small heart

And an even smaller intellect

But by electing tRump

That’s what the nation bought

SOCIAL MEDIA TOO MUCH TO HANDLE

Social media is attacking

The world’s little mind

It is making just being alive

A significant crime

It has weaponized words

Discourse and discussion

Has increased the level of rancor

Throughout the nation

Its proper use requires

Maturity and thought

Qualities obviously lacking in

What our political system has wrought

ORANGE HOAX VERSUS TWITTER

Lying on Twitter

Is what the Orange Hoax does

So he’s upset that

Twitter is creating a buzz

By noting locations of

Truthful information

To counter his lies

And to educate the nation

The Odious Orange Outrage is threatening

Some significant penalties

For social media platforms

That in his view are Presidential enemies

RESPONSIBILITY? WHAT’S THAT?

In an obvious effort

To distract from 100,000 deaths

The Odious Orange Outrage is changing

The subject with every breath

He claims achievements

He’s never achieved

He denies responsibility

For responsibilities he hasn’t perceived

Indeed responsibility is something

He doesn’t understand

In his mind responsibility

Is not part of the plan

And yet he’s responsible

For this nation of ours

A responsibility he rejects

As requiring far too many hours

MEMORABLE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

It has been a memorable Memorial Day weekend

Of social distancy versus intimacy

Of non-maskers versus maskers

Of rebellion versus acceptance of authority

The American love of making

Mountains out of molehills

Was very much in evidence

But not in evidence were

Any covid-cure pills

Between golfing and tweeting

The Odious Orange Outrage

Kept the pot boiling

He always finds a stage

For his nasty trolling

He did lay a wreath

At Arlington National Cemetery

Limping stoically forward

Through bone spur pain extraordinary

PBS MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT

The National Memorial Day Concert

Was held this evening

Some years it’s better than others

This year was most pleasing

In this time of acrimony

Of political posing and posturing

It was a reminder that America is more

Than a victim of pandemic bickering

We have people who unselfishly

Serve their nation, states, and communities

We owe them our gratitude

And should learn from their priorities

MEMORIAL OR PANDEMIC DAY?

The Odious Orange Outrage

Had his first golf outing in weeks

A distant photo showed

He still has pudgy rear cheeks

So the nation’s Memorial Day weekend

Is a hiccup in the Pandemic

Which is dominating the nation

And causing many to panic

Will the next holiday be better?

Come July Fourth and Labor Day

Will we still be constrained

In our efforts to play?

And will the Orange Hoax

Still be hauling around

Enough excess lard

To support a small town?

IG STUFF; CHURCHES

The Orange Hoax has gone after

Another Inspector General

This one was allegedly threatening

A Cabinet official

Who also happens to be

Spouse of the Senate Majority Honcho

Talk about doing a favor

This appears just blatant corruption mojo

On another matter

The Orange Hoax is adamant

That churches open their doors

And counter congregation abandonment

He’s taking a dictatorial approach

Saying he is the authority

And Governors must comply

So get yourself to church

Or he’ll stick a finger in your eye

DID HE WEAR A MASK?

The Odious Orange Outrage

Claims he wore a mask

While in a Ford plant

Checking on their covid task

But who takes this guy

At his word?

He’s proven himself

To be a lying nerd

Maybe at this point

We shouldn’t care

About the Orange Hoax’s conduct

Only his hair

When will that coloring

Be fully understood?

No one seventy years old

Has that sort of natural hood

DON’T YOU DARE VOTE!

The Odious Orange Outrage

Wants to limit voters

To those who only vote for him

And he doesn’t want any doubters

He himself has voted absentee

But apparently that’s only for him

Not for lesser mortals

Who might reject him on a whim

The Orange Hoax is laying the groundwork

For rejecting a defeat in November

He will find voter fraud pervasive

And therefor he won’t surrender

He may not actually cause

A Constitutional crisis

But the transfer of power will be sullied

By his belligerent stubbornness

WHITE HOUSE BULLETIN

The Odious Orange Outage

Is injecting bleach into his rump

His doctor agreed with the action

To shut the boss up

A few words of caution

That was fake news

No need to get upset

And feel the blues

Here’s a suggestion to the media

Stop with tRump’s medical regime

Let him experiment all he wants

Even if it includes chugging Mr. Clean

Any citizen who is persuaded

By the example of a simpleton

Doesn’t need the media’s help

To fry his insides well-done

HIS OWN DOCTOR

tRump said he had lost confidence

In the State Department IG

Well, many Americans have lost confidence

In the reality show President from TV

He’s turned out to be a hoax

A most colossal fake

A congenital liar

And a really sneaky snake

Today he ‘fessed up

To using hydroxychloroquine

Which is so against medical opinion

As to amount to a medical sin

Wanna follow his lead?

Maybe you won’t be harmed

But watch very carefully

Your life might not be as charmed

LET'S RALLY!

Isn’t there a rally somewhere

To which the Orange One can go

Where he can entertain his followers

And they can feed his ego?

While the sane portion of the nation

Struggles with the difficulties brought

By adjusting to a new environment

And the changes it has wrought

tRump and his hoard

Of mentally challenged supporters

Are just making noise

While the rest of us are attempting

To solve problems and maintain our poise

FIRE THE COPS!

The Odious Orange Outrage

Has declared war on

Federal Inspector Generals

He wants them gone

They are hindering his quest

For freedom from oversight

A freedom he needs

To keep his corruption outta sight

So he goes after federal IGs

But really it’s no big deal

His followers long ago

Gave him permission to steal

The Republican Party’s tolerance

For corruption is deeply ingrained

So most Republicans won’t make waves

Over tRump’s legal and moral disdain

GET BACK TO WORK

The Odious Orange Outrage

Says a vaccine is coming

But even if it isn’t

You need to return to work

And he’s not joking

Nor are some of his

Deranged whack-job followers

Who object to government

Interfering with their dollars

The anti-government crowd

Is making a lotta noise

They apparently prefer death

To a cooperative peaceful poise

Thus they have

True tea party mentality

Creating a war rather than

Solving problems for posterity

BUDGET DEFICITS

Balanced federal budgets are finished

Gone, kaput, done

Given the kiss of death

By a pandemic more scorching than the sun

The last balanced federal budget

Was a product of spend-crazed liberal toadies

Specifically, that Arkansas crowd

Of Bill Clinton and his cronies

Then came Bush-Cheney

And deficits beyond comprehension

Followed by Obama

Who was throttled by the Great Recession

And finally we have

Debt-loving tRump

Who has made a career

Of going bankrupt

A GREAT NATION?

How might one tell

If a nation is great?

If it survives a leader

Who is most definitely second-rate

If this is the criteria

America come November

Could show the world

She’s the greatest nation ever

But if the Odious Orange Outrage

Gets a second four-year term

America becomes an also-ran

And a victim of the stupid germ

MASKING

Masks have become

A cultural and political identifier

On one side is the conscientious citizen

On the other is the rabble-rousing agitator

The Odious Orange Outrage

Is more agitator than conscientious citizen

Thus we have a President

Who lacks the collective vision

He would rather rock the boat

Than engage in rational analysis

Tirades are preferred over

Compromise and consensus

Being anti-mask

Is a philosophical expression

A way of getting in the face

Of the thoughtful conscientious citizen

TESTING

If you want a test

You can get a test

So said the Odious Orange Outrage

Except when you can’t get a test

You must not want a test

Now get off my Orange stage

tRump was playing word games

Often called lying

But it’s not a lie if you believe it

So stop your crying

What tRump accomplished

In Monday’s presser

Was to totally muddy the testing issue

And show he has the brain of a hamster

He concluded the presser

With an attack on a journalist

Who as a Chinese-American female

Was fair game for the Orange racist

QUARANTINE PENCE?

Should VP Pence be quarantined?

You’re goldarn right he should

His press secretary tested positive

And should be wearing a hood

And how about tRump?

He too should be in isolation

For his own good

And for the mental health of the nation

Where in the pandemic planning

Was discussion of the situation

Of the nation being in the hands of

An incompetent Administration?

The best planning possible

Cannot really overcome

The absence of managers capable

Of making the government run

Despite promises to get

Only the very best talent

tRump has put together

A group in which talent is largely absent

CHAOTIC

Obama hit the nail on the head

Chaotic is an apt description

Of the Odious Orange Outrage’s

Pathetic Administration

Indeed for sheer incompetence

tRump’s reality show

Is unmatched in the nation’s history

And to its international prestige a real blow

When other world leaders

Are snickering behind our backs

We know our country’s reputation

Has fallen down a crack

America once a great nation

Instead of making it great again

tRump is dragging it back

to before it even began

COVID ANIMAL PENETRATES WHITE HOUSE

The covid animal

Has penetrated the White House

Staffers are testing positive

For the nasty virus

Will the Odious Orange Outrage

Avoid the bug?

It would be a shame if he had

To remove his moldy hair rug

So how many of the staff

Will be affected?

Wouldn’t it be great if we

Could pick who’s selected?

Not that you should

Wish anyone evil

But if someone has to get it

A few candidates are conceivable

LIARS

Liar Michael Flynn

Is off the hook

Even after being

Convicted by the book

Liar Orange Trump

Brought about this result

Through Attorney General Barr

His legal chump

The corruption around

tRump’s crowd

Is at a level that would

Make a banana republic proud

And the Grand Old Party

Stands idly by

Sinking ever further

Into the political pigsty

PREDICTION FROM THE ORANGE OUTRAGE

A tremendous transition in the third quarter

So predicts tRump

And a “Great” economy very soon

Once we get over the hump

Unless of course people get cautious

And don’t return to recklessness

Which would certainly disappoint

His most royal highness

Then he would have another enemy

To blame for his failures

People not playing his game

Of embracing hazardous behaviors