Back in February Ken posted a poem, “Diss stress!”, as a guest. On August 3rd Charles Krauthammer published an op ed in the Washington Post that paralleled Ken’s poem such that Ken brought it to my attention. This poem draws upon some of Krauthammer’s insights.
Systemic Stress
Our founding fathers and our founding mothers too
Designed a Constitution that in ways was very new
That government should have three branches, each one powerful
Within its realm of governance and relatively equal
What’s more each branch, its duty was each other branch to check
A tension written in the text engendering respect
And fostering dynamic balance o’er the branches three
This week it was exemplified in our democracy
Opinion writer, Krauthammer, op-eds for WP
His article, “The guardrails hold” discusses candidly
How Congress thwarted Trump’s demands, defied him all around
And on transgender how the generals balked and stood their ground
Trump tests us with “systemic stress” as Krauthammer explains
So far the rails are still in place, Trump’s nonsense is contained
With all that’s swirling Trump about, his future’s far from certain
This show is real reality; what’s next behind the curtain?
8/5/17
