LEADING, MANAGING, GOVERNING

Leading, managing, governing

Differ a bit

But they require much

Of the same talent

That is, at least to be successful

Unsuccessful aspirants unfortunately abound

The current most obvious being

Our presidential clown

Narcissistic, incompetent, thin-skinned

Vindictive, racist, real-estate has-been

His people skills are non-existent

Except for his ability to attract

Adherents limited to a similar extent

The current situation

Reflects badly on the Grand Old Party

Unmoored from its foundations

It has cast its lot with an absurdity

PROJECTIONS NOT LOOKING GOOD

Covid projections have doubled

Will they really occur?

More citizens are rebelling

Tired of restrictions that deter

tRump is beginning to concede

That covid might not go quickly

But he still wants the nation

To get back to work promptly

And that likely means

More dead are unavoidable

Maybe they will just be

From the deplorable

tRump is mightily avoiding

explicitly noting the quid pro quo

a quicker return to work

means more covid would likely grow

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tRUMP DOES FOX

tRump is conducting

A colossal town hall

Hosted by his Fox toadies

On the National Mall

It started as an attack

On any negative fact

A defense of his highness

As protective as a mother lioness

Will we learn anything?

Very little chance

Facts get in the way

Of his premature victory dance

An apology is owed

To Abraham Lincoln

We’re sorry your memorial

Has been subject to desecration

IN CONGRESS AND ON THE STREET

Congress’ subpoena power

Is in hibernation

The courts are holding

The Executive Branch in veneration

Protests against covid restrictions

Are popping up all around

tRump is praising those who

Want to stomp government into the ground

He particularly likes

The Michigan militias

Those clowns carrying AKs

As they confront their legislators

Is this where the nation has descended?

Into a Second Amendment fantasy

About the power of the gun

To determine our future history?

“ALTERNATIVE FACTS” RETURNS

New Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany

Says she won’t ever lie to us

What she really meant was

She won’t ever admit lying to us

Remember she once suggested

The tRump team has alternative facts

If you relay on alternative facts

The truth can easily fall through the cracks

So we enter May

With a two-tongued Press Secretary,

Relaxing covid restrictions but still,

A President of questionable competency

APRIL 2020, WORST MONTH EVER?

tRump said Thursday

“The dollar is very powerful”

And that is his analysis

Of where we’re going after

The covid paralysis

The fourth quarter

Will be tremendous

In fact it might even be

Absolutely stupendous

Mike Pence made another visit

This time to a GM facility

And he wore a mask

The Mayo flub maybe showed him reality

tRump is threatening

A return to rallying

He misses the stage

And the worship of the mentally ailing

tRUMP TASTING VICTORY

tRump wants to declare victory

Which is a bit tricky

Because the coronavirus

Is still in the vicinity

But that’s not likely

To deter him

He’s spent his life

Stretching the truth real thin

If he says we’re winning

That’s enough for many

They’ll take his word

And enjoy mingling aplenty

Jared said this is

A great success story

You remember Jared

He’s quite a boy

Married to Ivanka

Son-in-law of tRump

He’s standing real high

On the family stump

TOO GOOD FOR A MASK, MIKE?

Mike Pence went to the Mayo Clinic

But didn’t wear a mask

He was concerned his boss

Would take him to task

The Odious Orange Outrage

Considers masks unmanly

The men working for him

Should look ready and randy

Speaking of tRump

He can’t stay off television

He has to have the attention

He has to make a presentation

He’s now ordered meat plants

To not close down

But what if all the workers

Get the covid clown?

Do you really want

An inexperienced worker

Cutting and packing your meat

And maybe including a finger?

PRESIDENTIAL INDECISION

He’s not giving a presser

Then he is giving a presser

The Odious Orange Outrage

Succumbs to narcissistic pressure

A part of him wanted

To listen to wise advice

But the self-adulation part

Had him in a vise

So he had multiple executives

From Walmart and the rest

Extol his alleged accomplishments

Saying he’s definitely the best

A number of executives

Firmly kissed his behind

He patted them on the head

He’s so very kind

For thinking citizens seeing

So many captains of industry

Prostrate themselves before him

Was not very satisfactory

Bottom line is

Despite suggestions of improvement

The five o’clock follies

Are still clown-show entertainment

NO MORE COVID LAUGHS?

The Odious Orange Outrage

May finally be catching on

His ratings aren’t high from love

But from a disaster-loving throng

Most weren’t tuning in

Because they were his fans

Instead they were there to make fun

Of his tiny constantly-moving hands

And his moronic comments and conduct

Which infuriated some

Gave others a good laugh

And which a few took seriously enough

To consider a Lysol bath

So maybe no more

Daily covid shows for him

Wonder what’s next on the agenda

He certainly can’t go long without

An outlet for his mental splendor

DOWN WITH THE POST OFFICE!!

To take the heat off

His medical malpractice

tRump is going after

The United States Post Office

Yeah, those men and women

Who deliver mail to your door

Have roused his wrath

Who knows what for

Perhaps he thinks they’re soldiers

Who should have dodged the draft

Like he did back when

His bone spurs were causing a rash

Or maybe it’s a Bezos thing

Jeff, who has Amazon and the Post

Doesn’t require his paper

To believe in tRump’s boasts

tRump maybe thinks Jeff

Is in a conspiracy

With the Postal Service

To question tRump’s viability

It’s all pretty complicated

But the bottom line is

tRump faults Jeff

For being successful in biz

Without having to file for bankruptcy
As tRump did constantly

PRESIDENT DOCTOR FRANKENSTEIN

President Doctor Frankenstein

Wants a light up your butt

That’ll get you outta

Your covid-19 rut

And maybe scarf some bleach

With a tad of Lysol

Nothing like dangerous chemicals

For an unbeatable cure-all

Now he claims he was

Just being sarcastic

Explain sarcasm to a challenged follower

Who just chugged cleaning acid

STOP THE PRESSES!!

Stop the presses

Sunlight kills covid-19

tRump theorizes that the answer

To end the nasty thing

Head out into the sun

Burn yourself good

Get skin cancer

Don’t put on a hood

You’re no longer confined

To your diseased house

Go mingle with crowds

Don’t stop to delouse

As for testing

No longer necessary

If you spend your time in the sun

You’ll be vaccinated for eternity

DO YOU REALLY NEED A HAIRCUT?

tRump doesn’t want

Barber shops opening this week

For the Governor of Georgia, however

His haircut need has peaked

And many of them good ol’ Georgia crackers

Are feeling the same need

They want their haircuts

With deliberate speed

So the debate mounts

More disease and deaths in one camp

While in the other

And increasing cry to revamp

Back to normalcy

And a carefree existence

Leaving behind fear

And a no-haircut existence

tRUMP OPENS MOUTH, INSERTS FOOT

tRump told the Governors

You’re responsible for testing

It’s not my problem

So stop complaining

Hogan of Maryland

Bought tests from South Korea

tRump got mad asking

Why didn’t you get them here?

Hey, tRump

You passed the buck

You now don’t get to complain

So suck it up

And by the way

How about that preliminary study

On hydroxychloroquine

You want to push something else nutty?

MONOLOGIST IN CHIEF

He’s really good reading lists

The Odious Orange Outrage

Plus it enables him

To dominate the stage

He’s equally good at monologues

Of enormous length

Indeed it’s a technique

He’s perfected into a great strength

It helps when you’re the boss

And employees, observers, others

Interrupt at their peril

Knowing that you’re vindictive

And nutty as a squirrel

NEVER HIS FAULT

tRump has identified

Those who botched the Covid response

Naturally he’s not on the list

Nor anyone bearing his resemblance

China, the WHO, Democrats, Governors

He will undoubtedly find more

Never can have too many culprits

That would be a bore

The latest failure made public

Involved the Center for Disease Control

tRump is just beginning to rationalize

This failure by people on his dole

Tomorrow he’ll undoubtedly have

A much better answer

Today his explanation was

That it did not matter

SLIPPERY AS AN EEL

Is this what it’s come to

Covering the Center of Attention?

Waiting for him to

Ruminate, Pontificate, Manipulate

Maybe even, we can only hope, Abdicate

He makes a lot of noise

But most of it is meaningless

What’s left is pretty much

Out and out evilness

He does have a talent that his adversaries

Have not been able to counter

He can blatantly lie

And can avoid having to answer

He’s been doing this

For a very long time

And hasn’t suffered yet

Maybe lost a dime

Some very smart people have tried

To call him to accounts

Thus far their efforts

Haven’t resulted in significant amounts

AVOIDING RESPONSIBILITY IN SPADES

Yep, the Odious Orange Outrage

Is just where he wants to be

Barking from the sidelines

Criticizing Governors for inadequacy

Far easier to jeer

Than to take responsibility

For the sad state of testing

Throughout the country

Fantastic, tremendous, incredible

Are easy words to throw around

When you don’t have to do

Any serious work on the ground

Just blame the Governors

Tell the nation it’s their fault

Claim any problems

Are hoaxes the media brought

tRUMP DOES US A FAVOR

tRump does a one-eighty

Governors will call the shots

He’s taking a back seat

From where he can throw rocks

No point in attempting

A whole bunch of work

When all he gets

Is being called a jerk

Let someone else

Take the hostility and heat

He’d rather be on the sidelines

Offering sarcastic critique

Actually the nation is better off

Most Governors are playing with a full deck

The Odious Orange Outrage on the other hand

Is a walking talking train wreck