Author: Sabba Rabba

So what are we in for this coming four years?
More days like today filled with Trump’s empty claims
Like purchasing Greenland or take it by force
Or annexing Canada? Par for the course
‘Twas at his news conference Trump stated these aims
Which never will happen; distractions, it’s clear

He randomly rambled with lie after lie
Making it up as he spoke without end
Hiding intentions, what really he’ll do
Like slash the entitlements, Medicare too
While cutting the taxes for his wealthy friends
A master at duping the press with his lies

So, yes, I expect it chaotic to be
A jumble of info, some true, mostly false
Suppression of real news, what Trump labels fake
News like the times when he’s out on the make
Trump’s actions erratic can raise your heart’s pulse
Let’s hope after four years the country’s still free

1/7/2025

Happy 2025

Happy New Year, that’s the hallowed greeting of this day
Thankful, I could understand, but happy, in what way?
Pleasant New Year is perhaps a better thing to say
Or fruitful, or productive would more meaning there convey

Does it better make you feel that strangers, passersby,.
On this one occasion wish you not be sad or cry
But be happy for a year; let problems pass you by
Perhaps they mean to drink your fill of liquid made from rye

Whatever – New Year’s holiday deserves its phrase unique
For people to acknowledge people; have a phrase to speak
Positive but meaningless, no answer does it seek
So, Happy New Year to you all and have a pleasant week

1/1/2025

It’s Elon Musk
From dawn to dusk
Who causes Congressmen to cuss

He’s got Trump’s ear
Who’s thoughts he’ll steer
Thus causing Congressmen to fear

If they don’t do
And act on cue
Election time he’ll make them lose

Musk’s wealth is huge
He’ll follow through
So Congressmen cannot refuse

12/25/2024

It’s Trump’s MO that has become more clear
On gathering all power to himself
Along with siphoning much of your wealth
By streaming forth a fire hose of fear

It’s Trump’s fear tactics all through his career
That’s powered him to lie, to cheat, to con
And get away with it and carry on
That’s why his nominees are backed by fear

Trump threatens senators that they will lose
When next it’s up for grabs their senate seat
He’ll find whom he believes can surely beat
The senator; the one who Trump will choose

The thing that right-wing senators fear most
Is being primaried by someone further right
They’ll do whatever to avoid that plight
Which gives to Trump the power that he boasts

12/16/2024

You’ve got to give the President Elect a lot of credit
A bit more than a month it’s been since being elected
And yet he’s used his brain; whatever’s left; he gets it
There seem to be less cells than even I suspected

His task – to nominate choice chairmen to his cabinet
To choose among his ever loyal sycophants
And find the ones whose qualities are Trump well met
Who’ll do Trump’s bidding, never saying that they can’t

I know this effort must take lots of energy
But Trump”s succeeded well beyond my expectations
Of all the ones within his pets menagerie
Those qualified the least became his nominations

12/10/2024

Dear Senator, dear Congressman Republican you now may be
But every time you’re head your bow to Donald Trump and bend the knee
Because you’re scared of what he’ll do
At Primaries and black-ball you
Your power slowly leaks to Trump
He gathers it from all you chumps
Republican in name you’ll be, but hollow as an empty shell
Your pledge, was that to Donald Trump? Is that your vision of yourself?

Trump’s choices of his nominees for senior governmental slots
Deliberately his sycophants who’ll do his bidding matters not
What’s legal, constitutional
The government un-functional
Is Donald’s goal – so he can be
Dictator – as he he wants to be
But that’s not all; he wants subservience of Congress totally
Dear Senator, dear Congressman it’s up to you to guard democracy

11/19/2024

It looks like we’re in for a bumpy four years
My prognostications were clearly all wrong
I gave we the people more credit, I fear
Than we all deserved; I was wrong all along

Kamala ran a near perfect campaign
The contrast was obvious there is no doubt
If this was repeated, I’d be there again
Predicting her excellence would soon win out

So what’s with the people that they should so choose
A convict, a felon to be President?
A person who’s spelled out the rights we would lose
We people are blind; clearly, that’s evident

I shudder to think of the world wide impact
On our current allies, on our enemies too
The Mid East, the Ukraine, their weapons held back
And NATO and China; just what will Trump do?

It’s mass deportation and camp concentrations
It’s gross retribution, his enemies list
Large tariffs on imports; rich-favored taxations
On, on I could go, but you follow my gist

I expect that the markets most likely will plunge
Against the uncertainty Trump represents
The world, now, is brave, new; when all’s said and done
So gird for whatever the future portends

11/6/2024

‘Twas the eve of elections when all through the land
All the pundits were telling just where the race stands
I in my PJs, my wife in her smock
Were glued to the TV to see what’s in stock
When all of the sudden there came a loud shout
On TV, when Kamala Harris came out
And there by my widening eyes she appeared
With a message of hope, not a message of fear
She asked for my vote and for your vote bar none
She pledged to be President for everyone
She closed with her now famous cheer-leading line
That it’s time now to fight, and, when we fight, WE WIN!

11/4/2024

Five days of voting still remain
Each side is desperate there to gain
The votes of those with unmade minds
Who’s out in front; who’s left behind?

The polls don’t help. They say they’re tied
Besides, they’re wrong most of the time
The turnout’s been beyond belief
Each Party feeling some relief

So where does that leave you and me?
We’ve voted early, now we’re free
To knock on doors; to write, to call
The extra mile, to give it all

Now where I rush no angels tread
Prediction’s pouring from my head
Harris will win with votes to spare
Election true, both clean and fair

10/31/2024

The down-to wire has been reached
All voting ends in just two weeks
The polls are nearly meaningless
Predictions now worth even less

So if you truly are concerned
From past elections I have learned
The thing to do, and I take note,
Is do much more than simply vote

Devote some days, these next two weeks
To taking action, loud it speaks
KamalaHarris.com is where to start
Choose VOLUNTEER to do your part

Democracy is on the line
It’s do or die, now is the time
The time to act on your convictions
Since Harris must win this election

10/21/2024