Author: Sabba Rabba

Ukrainian I am, I’ll always be
We lived a peaceful life most happily
‘Till Putin in his madness turned on us
We didn’t want to leave, but knew we must

My husband drove us west while we had gas
We owed it to our kids while this war lasts
Since Russia targeted our homes with rocket shells
Our city has been rubblized, ‘twas living hell

Our gas gave out; the border still some miles away
We ditched the car and all our stuff; it had to stay
Our two kids carried on our backs, we joined the throng
Of refugees all struggling to move along

It seemed forever till we reached the border queue
It stretched for hours before the gates came into view
We hugged and kissed, tears streaming from our eyes
My husband headed back – our last goodbye?

The kids and I are now in Poland at some site
The people have been good to us; they feel our plight
But I feel lost not knowing just what lies ahead
Or if I’ll ever get to see my man again

3/4/2022

Although it wasn’t shock and awe
Nor action that we all foresaw
It did, though, violate the law

Since Russia did Ukraine invade
And Putin proclamations made
That DONBAS hosted sovereign states

Luhansk and Donetsk, he declared
Republics that no longer fared
As part of Ukraine’s land they shared

But no authority has he
Himself to issue such decrees
Defying Ukraine’s sovereignty

“Peace keepers” Putin named the force
He sent to DONBAS, but, of course,
It was invasion; no remorse

Some sanctions Biden will impose
Deferring harsher ones; he chose
To try deterrence; though he knows

That shock and awe we’ll likely see
When Putin sets his forces free
The Ukraine as their enemy

2/21/2022

Really, this time it looks real
For Putin it’s too late to deal
Face saving off ramps, none appeal

Two hundred K’s a lot of troops
All set to launch in major groups
And take Ukraine in one fell swoop

Decision’s made, Joe Biden said
It’s based on Intel he’s been fed
Portends a lot of people dead

The object here’s to overwhelm
Zelensky ousted from his realm!
Put Putin’s puppet at the helm

All done in days, not months or years
His subjects all will stand and cheer
His cost in lives won’t be too dear

His war, I think, won’t go that way
Ukrainians won’t fade away
They’ll fight the fight each every day

With our support and NATO too
With sanctions strong; it’s what we’ll do
Against their banks and leaders too

For Russia’s weak economy
‘Twill soon become calamity
With Putin viewed with enmity

We, too, will feel inflation’s bite
The cost of standing for what’s right
Against aggressing with one’s might

The DJI will likely fall
The FED will likely change its call
Inflation’s movement to forestall

For that and that I have to pray
It really doesn’t go that way
For now that’s all I have to say

2/18/2022

I am a die-hard Trumplican
A proud Proudboy Republican
A patriot – American

I cross my heart and hope to die
Trump can’t do bad and that’s no lie
When Trump says”jump”, I say “how high?”

It’s Biden really makes me ill
It’s vaccinate, against my will
Democracy? I’ve had my fill

The Dems, the Jews, the Browns, the Blacks
Not true Americans, a fact
It’s time we took our country back

So at the polls let’s all take note
There is one simple antidote
Yes, simply do not count their vote

2/16/2022

The RNC defined itself by coining its most recent phrase
It so described the one-six mob who stormed the nation’s Capital
As protesters pursuing rights who were, in doing so, engaged
Politically in lawful acts (of violence); “discourse” ‘twas called

Agreement was unanimous: no member voiced opposing views
And on the Hill was silence heard among Republicans so loud
Except the few who had the guts to say it really wasn’t true
But of the rest I wonder whether of their silence they feel proud

Like Trump what’s black they’ll claim is white; they’ll traffic in his blatant lies
The total power that Trump wields o’er most Republicans today
Should in the future he becomes the President, I would surmise
It won’t be just the RNC but all the nation in his sway

Wake up! Wake up! All Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans
Enacting policies, I know, has always been your worthy goal
It’s time to shout now to the nation that our freedom can’t withstand
Republicans in power again. They’d kill democracy, its soul

2/7/2022

The Dems in Arizona state
Who once loved Kyrsten Sinema
Who canvassed for the candidate
Now treat her like an enemy

For Dems approval of her went
From somewhere in the seventies
To plummet down to eight percent
Some claim it’s due to vanity

By so opposing changes in
The filibuster Senate rule
That would allow the bills to win
She made her name; she was no fool

Since Kyrsten craved publicity
A narcissistic streak it seems
By having the audacity
To thwart the Democrats, their dreams

Her name’s now known full nation wide
I doubt she’ll ever run again
Her eyes look to the private side
It’s what I think, but wrong I’ve been

1/24/2022

As it turned out it was today
That special day I wrote about
A bit delayed; I had some doubt
But history today was made

The bills ensuring rights to vote
Approved by Senate Democrats
But sixty votes it did not have
Republicans we’re all opposed

Dems sought to change the rules within
To filibuster like before
Where one would have to hold the floor
And when he stops debate begins

The change proposed was just this time
The filibuster after that
Would then return to where ‘twas at
Of killing bills, a lawful crime

But this did not sway Sinema
Or Manchin to revise their stand
Their NO was felt throughout the land
They voted with Republicans

I find it difficult to ken
Their unabated loyalty
But not to our democracy
To filibuster rules instead

This places such a burden on
The Democrats in twenty two
To overcome state laws, all new
That make it hard and hard to win

But it is what we’ll have to do

1/19/2022

I’m writing this the night before
A special day, the day the vote
Will happen on the Senate floor
Which will be of historic note

Perhaps, delayed yet one day more
But not beyond. This subject’s hot
What Democrats are fighting for
Republicans, they like it not

A vote to save our voting rights
Free, fair elections every state
Whose legislatures, with their might
Have rigged the outcomes for their slate

To pass these bills most readily
The filibuster need be changed
Permitting a majority
To be sufficient, simple, sane

What’s riding on tomorrow’s vote
The fate of our democracy
To slowly die or stay afloat
A test of its resiliency

1/12/22

Stand on your head
And look at the world right side up
That is because
The world of politics is standing up side down
Domestic terrorists have now become
Just peaceful people protesting
With pepper spray and flag-pole clubs
A gallows built to lynch Mike Pence
To see him dangling up side down
He did the unforgivable
Obeyed his Constitution vow
Today, to be Republican you must embrace
Trump’s super lie
To wear truth garments inside out
The only way you’ll maintain clout
Your Trump allegiance not in doubt
Stand on your head
And watch democracy
Go slowly dead

1/7/2022

So, what has changed all in a year?
The rank and file Republicans
Some fifty five percent believed
That Trump had won. That he achieved
A second term. Biden’s the man
Who stole the votes. Their “truth” held dear

It’s more than seventy percent
Republicans who now believe
That Biden lost, What does that say
About America today?
The lies they buy, the yarns they weave
That Trump is still their President

A year ago they staged a coup
As part of an extensive scheme
To overturn what Trump had lost
They’d win no matter what the cost
The Capital in force they breached
They did what they were told to do

So what, now, does our future hold?
Trumpublicans, fanatics who
Will use whatever’s in the books
To bring Trump back by hook or crook
Democracy be damned, their view
All heil to Trump who’s good as gold

We, Dems cannot stand idly by
Must organize, must build our strength
Must pass new laws, elections fair
The filibuster, must repair
Must fight the fight; must go the length
Or our democracy will die

1/5/2022