THE CIRCLE

 

The circle at the end of the street
Has developed into more
Than just a place to meet
 
Plots are hatched there
Gossip is ubiquitous
Children play there
Hierarchy is ambiguous
 
Trees, bushes, or flowers
Benches, stumps, or chairs
Grass, dirt, or mulch
A lean-to, tent, or hutch
 
Disagreements about what’s desirable
Has many factions looking to win
There’s even an alumni association
Of former residents weighing in

JUST WHAT WE NEED

 

The Hoax reportedly has a webpage
But so do pornographers
Thus he’s in good company
Maybe they can become collaborators

THE FILIBUSTER

 
The filibuster
A great thing to have
If you’re in the minority
Not so much
If you’re in the majority
 
Or is it
The other way 'round?
Whatever the case
If has the potential for running
Democracy into the ground
 
Parliamentarian Mitch McConnell
Knows how it’s done
Playing with the rules has provided him
Years of really good fun

SUEZ CANAL INTERACTIVE

 

What’s with this boat
In the Suez Canal?
Did the helmsman (or helmswoman)
Spill their coffee
And bend down for a towel?
 
On the CNN website
Is an interactive canal steering tool
Give it a try and see
If you can maintain your cool

JUST PEACEFUL PEOPLE

 

The Orange Hoax says
It wasn’t a mob at all
Just peaceful people
Out having a ball
 
Hugging the police
Exchanging autographs
Planning get-togethers
For the aftermath

BUT I REALLY GOTTA GO

 

If a person anguished and fidgeting
Is in a Georgia voting line
Don’t offer them a urine bag
That would be a crime
 
Georgia has made it illegal
To give gifts to a voter

Waiting in a line to vote

Thus no gift urine bags
For a waiting urinator

JOE’S FIRST PRESSER

 

Joe’s first press conference
Was a letdown for the press
Joe made no major gaffes
And avoided any significant mess
Takes all the fun out of being a reporter
When the object of interrogation
Maintains a modicum of order

SIDNEY POWELL, LEGAL EAGLE

 

Sidney Powell, quite the legal eagle
In defense of a defamation charge
She said in effect
My guilt is very large
 
Yes, I defamed
The voting machine company
But it was for a good cause
keeping the Hoax in control of the country

THAT LEAKY SOUTHERN BORDER

 

Joe’s got himself a problem
Down at the border
With the Hoax gone
Latin Americans think
Why wait any longer?
 
Is there a solution to the problem?
If so it’s not readily apparent
maybe the budget deficits
Will eventually cause an economic crash
And have Americans streaming into Mexico
Looking for stray cash

THE TIMES THEY ARE A’CHANGING

 

“Cancel culture,” “woke” capital or whatever
What language is this mess?
The trend setters are moving too quickly
For us ol' folks to stay abreast

DEMOCRACY? NO LONGER DESIRABLE

 

Lincoln’s Grand Ol’ Party has declared war
On the concept of democracy
Many of today’s Republicans
Want a replacement
Good ol’ dictatorial autocracy

TRUMP'S PLANE

 

CNN reports
The Hoax’s old plane
Has become a junk-yard dog
Sorta like its master
An over-the-hill hog

KEVIN TIES HIMSELF IN KNOTS

 

Kevin McCarthy says he didn’t
Try to overthrow the election
Notwithstanding the attempts he supported
To overthrow the election
 
Kevin certainly is
Quite a piece of work
His lack of honesty
Has him close to being a jerk

RAND “BULLY” PAUL

 

Immunologist Anthony Fauci
And Senator Rand Paul
Got into a to-do
Rand emerged looking like
The bully chimpanzee in the zoo

FILIBUSTER THIS

 

Mitch is worried
Schumer is threatening
Mitch’s favorite weapon
Which is filibustering
 
According to Mitch
Ending the filibuster
Would result in a
Scorched earth Senate legislature
 
Which raises the question
Isn’t the Senate now
About as scorched earth as
An over-roasted cow?

ONE PERSON ONE VOTE?

 

One person one vote?
Not the Republican slogan
More likely one vote
Only if you’re a Republican
 
Moscow is possibly behind
The efforts by Republican legislators
To curtail voting
Through super-aggressive regulators
 
Speaking of Moscow
If the lawsuits get too numerous
The Hoax might leave Mar-a-Lago
For the more favorable environs
Of Putin’s home Moscow

TUCKER AND TED

 

Ted Cruz wants
To berate the Pentagon
For saying negative things
About poor Tucker Carlson
 
Neither Ted nor Tucker
Has served in the military
Unlike the Orange Hoax
Who was in the Bone Spur Company

WISCONSIN’S MISTAKE

 

Senator Ron Johnson
Didn’t fear the insurrectionists
Because they were very white
And politically far to the right
 
Where did Wisconsin
Find this dingbat?
He’s up for reelection in 2022
Maybe the voters will say, “Sorry ‘bout that”

HOLD DOWN THE VOTE

 

Hold down the vote
Is the Republicans’ aim
They don’t want you voting
Unless you’re playing their game
 
Which is tax cuts for the rich
Less benefits for the middle class and poor
Less government for everyone
And for immigrants a closed door

CUOMO IN TROUBLE

 

Andrew Cuomo's in trouble
On the political bubble
Yeah, he played word games
With attractive young things
But that doesn’t mean
He was trying to have flings

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Destroyer of Al Franken

Has entered the fray

When’s Cuomo’s last day?

BIDEN’S FIRST PRIME TIME

 

Who was this guy
Expressing so much empathy?
A guy who told the truth
And not some murky fantasy?
 
Actually treating the audience
Like intelligent thinking allies
And not a bunch of rubes
Craving enemies to brutalize

1968 or 2020?

Which year was worse
In American history
1968 or 2020?
 
In 1968
The Communist’s Tet Offensive endeavor
Highlighted the futility
Of the Vietnam adventure
Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy
Were victims of assassination
Riots occurred throughout the nation
The Chicago Democratic Convention
Was a chaotic absurdity
Tricky Dick Nixon
Captured the Presidency
 
In 2020
A pandemic ravaged the land
American deaths were multiple times
Those in Vietnam
The Odious Orange Outrage
Polarized the population
And set the stage
For an attempted insurrection

GOP SINKS FROM SIGHT

 

What are Republicans
Doing these days?
They’ve been kinda quiet
Maybe their eyes are still glazed
 
From the conflagration in the wake
Of the Odious Orange Outrage
As he tried to keep
From leaving the stage

MEGHAN AND HARRY

 

Is this British thing
Of worshipping a no-power monarchy
An affront to democracy
Or just a bunch of malarky?
 
Maybe it’s something like
Our QAnon fetish
We pretend it’s absurd
But the conspiracies we certainly relish

COCKROACHES

 

The State Department staffer
Who took part in the Capitol assault
Says his cell has cockroaches
The judge said sorry ‘bout that
The judge got no heart

REPUBLICANS OPPOSE TO DEMOCRACY

 

Republicans want to make it
More difficult to vote
Instead of fighting that battle
Dems should go for the throat
 
Whatever the requirements
Focus on getting out the vote
Concentrate on moving voters to the polls
Provide bikes, organize caravans, rent trains
Get every Richard, Susan, Betty
On the voting rolls

NO MARCH 4 INAUGURAL

 

Well, no March 4 inaugural
QAnon has let us down
Could it actually be
That the outfit is just a clown?

RIOTERS COMMUNICATING WITH CONGRESS?

 

CNN reports
Some members of Congress
May have been communicating with rioters
As the latter charged the Capitol
Maybe confirming targets with insiders?

SOCIAL MEDIA MADNESS

 

QAnon says March 4
Will be the Hoax’s resurrection day
He will reappear at the White House
And he will come to stay
 
Being threatened by whackos
Living an online fantasy
Is that where social media
Is leading our history?

FABRICATION VACCINE NEEDED

 

A vaccine is needed
To control the fabrication disease
Running rampant through
The Republican House of Sleaze
 
As for the source of the pandemic
One suspect certainly is
The Odious Orange Outrage
Dropping falsehoods right and left
As he waddles across the stage

THOSE COWARDLY JUSTICES

 

In his tirade at CPAC
The Orange Hoax attacked the Supreme Court
Suggesting the Justices were cowards
For not protecting his Presidential fort
 
Yes, it must be
In the Constitution somewhere
That the Supreme Court should
Kowtow to the Orange Bear