Keep Safe and Quiet

Int'rest rates are rising,
For normal working folks,
Forget the super rich or businesses,
Or those that are just poor,

The latter will soon have more company,
The former have more cash,
Just in time for Trump to be in again,
Because his crimes really aren't that bad,

Or rather they are really not unique,
Among the ruling class,
If tax fraud was a jailable offense,
Jail'd become the White House,

But we are blessed,
For the state which we're found,
Is like a bubble within a bubble,
Keeping us safe from uncomfortable sounds.

Open and Close

Florida's now open,
A case for the U.S.,
Of the consequences of listening,
To Vice President Pence,

Who cancelled his bus trip back in July,
Due to rising cases,
He and Trump may have to a do drone drive,
To battle the fight that Donald faces,

In this swing state come November the third,
If there's anyone left,
A harsh comment amidst harsh ignorance,
And those who are bereft,

Go out and vote,
Hopefully, it will count,
Midst cries that the election will be rigged,
As the list of the president's lies mount.

Is This A Movie?

Is this a musical?
Like The Sound of Music,
How do you solve a problem like Donald?
Who seems a lunatic?

That might be a bit harsh to lunatics,
He's more than just Moonstruck,
Portending he'll challenge the election,
If he doesn't win is just simply fucked.

He's laid out the tinder, lighter in hand,
St. Elmo's Fire in wait,
All because he can't stand the idea,
That he can't win with hate,

There's money, too,
He's not squeezed all he can,
From U.S. coffers in the last four years,
So Trading Places is not in his plan.

Been There, Done That

Some people are claiming,
It makes no difference,
Who you vote for on November the third,
Which don't make any sense,

Maybe if both candidates used the lies,
That we're all so used to,
That all they want's the best for everyone,
Then they win and nothing has changed for you,

That is a system that is broke, for sure,
That certainly must change,
But trying out a fascist candidate,
Is not a good exchange,

That has been tried,
Millions died fighting it,
Or simply being of a certain race,
Blamed because the existing system's shit.

Catching Up

RBG passed away,
Graham's reversed claims he made,
Trump will fill her seat before November,
Goodbye, Roe versus Wade,

Tik-tok can live again in the U.S.,
The data now can stay,
In America in Walmart's assets,
I'm sure there's no cash from that Trump has made,

Covid19's on the rise everywhere,
Still, folks are fighting masks,
Like science is a big conspiracy,
Led by whom, you may ask,

The same who think,
Climate change is a thing,
While forest fires are beyond control,
And the ice shelves are constantly crumbling.

Finland is Different

Trump won't say climate change,
Is to blame for the fires,
Ravaging California forests,
The flames getting higher,

He says it is 'poor forest management',
'Please remember the words,'
'I don't think science knows, actually',
It's not about if anybody's heard,

He may win the election anyway,
Even if people knew,
Summers are longer and winds are stronger,
Temperatures high, too.

Science is right,
It's not debatable,
Let's hope the hurricanes reach the west coast,
Because Trump won't manage this debacle.

This Is Not The Change You Want

Before talking Iran,
Which will be Trump's next ploy,
Some confrontation before November,
In which they'll be employed,

Let's agree that change is a good concept,
In U.S. politics,
Even Obama was a victim of,
Corrupt lobbyist influence antics,

But let's not pretend Trump is an option,
To the old status quo,
His type of fascist rule's been tried before,
Let's try what we don't know,

Like good intent,
Backed by good policy,
Making America a Trump business,
Is a good recipe for bankruptsy.

The Vaccine Gambit

The vaccines are coming,
Before 3 November,
But not soon enough for people to know,
If it is a keeper,

In fact it might be a bigger killer,
Than the virus has been,
Of course this ploy's nothing to do with cures,
But Trump's desire to win by any means,

Then once he does, what will be the next move,
With the four years he's left?
Whatever can make him the most money,
By law, deceit or theft.

Please don't guffaw,
I'm not touting fake news,
That might be the one thing he won't deny,
He cares not for people, but not to lose.

Vote Twice

So, Trump says to vote twice,
Just to test the system,
As long as he is still the president,
Voter fraud don't hurt him,

Until the elections are decided,
He just stays in power,
He can refuse to concede November,
If double-votes don't work in his favor,

For then it will be democrat voters,
Who skewed all the returns,
He'll have to be dragged kicking and screaming,
That cities should now burn.

For anarchy,
Has a time and place,
Not when the system is rigged for the rich,
But when the rigging is losing its strength.

Yikes

Trump's coming hard and fast,
The only way he knows,
Making claims about his presidency,
That the facts just don't show,

Making it look like he's done a great job,
Oh my god, four more years,
I guess we will all get through it again,
Maybe with nuclear burns and tears,

Maybe there's nothing anyone can do,
To repair what he's done,
Never mind the fact that if he loses,
Could be revolution,

Not by most folks,
Just those with all the guns,
With the support of the military,
For nobody will defeat Fred Trump's son.

What Are We Waiting For?

There are cars in Portland,
They came from miles away,
Filled with Trump twenty-twenty supporters,
'Cause protest goes both ways,

The citizens protest police violence,
Trump calls them anarchists,
His supporters come itching for a fight,
They're great Americans and patriots,

Meanwhile the issues ain't being discussed,
Deflect, not compromise,
Everyone's waiting for the election,
As if it is the prize,

It is the bomb,
No good can come of it,
There is no waiting for a miracle,
Only more death, destruction and riots.

The Mail Is Saved!

Louis DeJoy reversed,
No more cuts are coming,
At least until November elections,
Are well off and running,

Turns out USPS is popular,
As much as eighty points,
Many of those, of course, are elderly,
Trump couldn't put their noses out of joint,

But does he have something else up his sleeve
I can't believe that's it,
It's like when a fox sees a fatter bird,
Past one in front of it,

He changes tack,
To catch a bigger prize,
I bet he has figured out how mail fraud,
Can help to increase his voter pool size.

Trump's Next Election Ploy

Okay, maybe I'm wrong,
Elections might happen,
Except that the ploy, instead of delay,
May be it never ends,

Louis DeJoy, postmaster general,
Is also in business,
Owns millions in XPO Logistics,
That's a major conflict of interest,

He is also a staunch Trump supporter,
Trump's slowing down the mail,
By withholding funds it needs to work right,
So remote voting fails.

That's what he said!
Now the vote can occur,
"The problem with mail...you're never going,
to know when the election is over."

Kamala's 'merican

Biden chose Kamala,
The world is rejoicing,
A woman of color vice president,
That's if they are winning,

Meanwhile Trump is mispronouncing her hame,
Pronouncing her foreign,
Based on a baseless claim by John Eastman,
He's a republican law professor,

Because I'm sure the Dems won't address it,
For it holds no water,
Since Trump will say it again, I'll rebutt,
Just once, for the record,

She's 'merican,
Born in Oakland, C.A.,
I'll just throw out these last two final lines,
There's not really anything else to say.

QAnon

 Have you been red-pilling?
Do you know what that means?
Awareness of the satanic cabal,
That controls what we see,

Trump is leading the battle against them,
Don't let fake news deny,
Everything that you thought you knew is wrong,
Unless you thought that all your read was lies,

Gates created the global pandemic,
To put chips in us all,
If you have truoble believing this fact,
You're owned by the cabal.

This is all real,
For those who believe it,
Which is a growing number of people,
With more vigor than those who think it's shit.

Too Much and Never Enough

I have not read the book,
Though I heard Mary Trump,
Talk an hour about her family,
So here is the sum-up,

Donald's father was a sociopath,
So hard on brother Fred,
He could no longer live in his shadow,
Now Don's president and his brother's dead,

Antisemitism was typical,
Racist, you bet they were,
Forget that Mary isn't hetero,
Grandma used the 'F' word.

But nothing's new,
Those who vote Trump this year,
If there's an election, won't read the book,
Though, if they did, might hold him e'en more dear.

What's News?

There aren't many facts,
Available to us,
About how much Russia's interfering,
In polls in the U.S.

But you can be sure that if they're the first,
They're certainly not last,
Information warfare's the new Cold War,
Unchecked by nonproliferation pacts,

An insidious enemy to truth,
That renders news defunct,
Sure, Trump can go around calling it fake,
'Cause that can't be debunked,

Because it can't,
It is too polarized,
Different reports on the same event,
Facts altered to appeal to certain eyes.

Even If

Any way you cut it,
It will be a circus,
Assuming there's even an election,
This year in the U.S.,

Trump supporters will show up in person,
By the way, with no mask,
Early results will show that he's ahead,
Stopping him from claiming a win's the task,

Even if mail-in votes are all Biden,
Putting him in the lead,
Trump won't accept those results anyway,
Refusing to concede,

While president,
He's that until hand-off,
Think of the things he could do in that time,
A mad scramble for profit and chaos.

As The Date Impends

And so it has begun,
Sorry, I told you so,
Now that Hong Kong has delayed elections,
Trump is having FOMO,

He's claimed mail-in voting's fraught with errors,
Despite no clear-cut facts,
Announced the vote should be delayed until,
The pandemic he's unleashed is cut back,

Sure, the law says that he cannot do that,
All houses must agree,
But what's the rule if he has to call a,
State of emergency?

Well, we'll find out,
He'll never accept mail,
Not because he thinks it's not accurate,
If it's his coffin, he'll reject the nail.

Play Ball

Let's chronicle this one,
Not that it's a slow day,
Cases are spiking all over the world,
Much in the U.S.A,

Trump announced he was throwing the first pitch,
At a Yankee's ball game,
An hour before Doctor Fauci did,
At the Nationals' opening day,

Turns out the president was never asked,
Nor were they going to,
Three days later he said he couldn't go,
The Yankee's exclaimed, "phew!"

Without a mask,
Though Fauci did, that night,
They say Trump was jealous because this man,
Says Covid's black when Trump says that it's white.