Month: May 2025

Depressed? Take new AF1 for a lift
No, not those made here, although they are the best,
The no-strings-attached, hand-me-down Qatari gift
Their sky-castle-two gracing skies of the west

Just like a babyTrump’s down on his knees
To be like an Amir, and fly the world’s skies
I must have that airplane! Oh please Congress PLEASE
And if I don’t get it, I surely will cry

Some 400 million they say is its price
Gifted they say, since unable to sell
But Donald will take it since that is his vice
And fly like an Amir. It’s his show-and-tell

5/21/2025

I did receive responses from you, almost every one
Responding to my poem named Apology
They were supportive of the message I’d begun
Defeating Trump’s dictatorship, make high priority

If this is not among your things to do
And you’re not open to what e’er I say
Then, what I have to say is not for you
You further need not read. Go on your way

In prior Poelitics poems I described
The nature of dictatorships in my experience
And of my goal to help them peacefully to die
My question: what approach would do this best?

One Reader felt I was too negative in judgments
That they would only make the matter worse
I say to Reader offer an approach toward what you meant
The devil’s in the details, truth, of course

The same I ask of all of you, what do you think would work?
So far it’s demonstrations, people marching by the thousands
That worked the best in countering some edicts Trump put forth
It must be done for case by case just knowing where Trump stands

For you who do participate I welcome to the fight
Be ready for the long haul; do as much as you are able
Most every effort counts converting darkness into light
And thanks for your support; it buoys me to a higher level

5/19/2025

I have been criticized for being so judgmental
To those I have offended, I apologize
But when it comes to fascist governments
I literally see red before my eyes

In two and ninety years I’ve been alive
I’ve witnessed wars, the holocaust, much death
In youth I was obsessed dictatorships might thrive
Democracy would see its bitter end

I deeply did not want this to take place
To our defense I would apply my skills
And spent the years competing in an arm’s-war race
Where one’s success was measured by the number killed

As I look back, I ponder what was gained and lost
What difference did my efforts make toward my objective?
Democratic we still are but weakened much; therein the cost
The siren song , dictatorship, has captured Representatives

It’s not my business your priorities
In how you choose your precious time to spend
And so sincerely I apologize
To hurt you wasn’t ever my intent

5/17/2025

And so exists an operation that I’ll call the project
It involves financial transfers, money in and out
Like other operations, it runs well; no one objects
Employees do their tasks; it’s what smooth ops is all about

Along comes Elon Musk to take control and do his thing
He fires half its staff expecting all the work still done
And publicly declares how now the fortune this will bring
Meanwhile the project’s operations to the ground they run

It’s Musk’s M.O. applied to governmental projects
It matters not which one, it’s really clear what to expect
The project’s doomed to chaos, having lost the world’s respect
And so I’ve come to label it the Elon Musk Effect

5/6/2025