More half a million of us dead, one year
The kitchen table set with empty chairs
Emotions trapped within by unshed tears
Our memories seem more than we can bear
I put aside this sorrow of our time
To speak of politics, democracy
The President’s agenda’s on the line
Republican recalcitrance is keen
Pres. Biden wants bipartisan support
It lends laws thusly passed a lot more clout
The sixty Senate votes to not abort
His legislative bills, appear in doubt
The filibuster is what makes this real
The right of Senators to block a vote
Until a vote of cloture stops their spiel
They truly aren’t required to speak, take note
Some sixty Senate votes is what’s required
For cloture of a filibuster’s spell
Unless the Dems. can muster what’s desired
Their bills won’t stand a snowball’s chance in hell
The Senate rules cannot be filibustered
That fifty one approve is all it takes
Sufficient votes the Democrats can muster
To change the cloture rule; with what’s at stake
We’ve had four years of gross erratic rule
Where people’s needs were heavily ignored
Resulting in these deaths, results too cruel!
The filibuster – we cannot afford
2/22/2021
President Biden used the allusion of “empty chairs”.
