Numb. 977 The Showman Empire (or 476 CE Redux)

Is what we are feeling what folks felt in Rome when the Empire fell?

Or is this the intermission where the Republic becomes holy hell?

Is this what Jefferson meant by “When in the Course of human events”?

Are we living a farcical sequel dismissing the notion of “created equal”?

A Hamiltonian (pre-musical) notion: governed by rich, well-born, and able —

a cabal of scoundrels led by a “genius” who, it appears, is somewhat unstable?

That separation of church and state has been reversed is beyond debate

when judicial appointments completely depend on Roe v Wade being upended.

One-“man”-one-vote, it must be noted, was not on the Founders' agenda,

still I believe it hard to conceive what they contemplated was Carthago delenda.

If we are both Carthage and Rome, where, oh where, can “ET, phone home”?

Given GOP muck and Dem incompetence, I would say we're totally [REDACTED]

unless adults (somehow) get elected and (also somehow) reforms are effected.

If GOP is not disarmed, I have no doubt they intend further harm.

Numb. 976 Bankrupt? (or TILT — Game Over?)

I say too late for Chapter Eleven:

reorganize, don't call it quits?

Our situate is Chapter 7:

turn off the lights, roll the obits.

This was our fate from the get-go,

an ironclad, gold plate guarantee.

Lie back, close your eyes, just let go.

Accept the fait accompli.

Some had some fun, but “in the long run,”

as Keynes said, “we are all dead.”

No point in groaning. Forego bemoaning.

Abandon all hope. Take to your bed.

If you are hoping we'll find ways of coping,

then I humbly suggest,

a book — maybe three? — about history.

SPOILER ALERT! This WILL cause distress.

Life, by design, is not intelligent.

Any creator is simply irrelevant

or, if he exists, entirely malevolent

and almost certainly out of his element.

Numb. 975 For Evil To Tr[i]ump[h]?

I do NOT deal in conspiracies.

But, say that I did …

I still would NOT say Jared is gay

or Donald's the father of Ivanka's kids.

The idea of Melania being a spy

I WOULD proclaim an outrageous lie.

(Though CIA et al., I hear, agree

her father's a colonel in KGB.)

And if you please, this Covid “disease” …

I'd NOT claim is part of a plot

to kill Social Security and Medicare

so GOP donors can all buy spare yachts.

I will NOT engage in scurrilous nonsense.

I will NOT stoop that low.

I would NEVER descend to the feces-filled gutter

where the GOP dwells. (As we well know.)

I could NEVER call Mitch a son of a bitch.

(I would NOT insult a dog.)

NOR would I suggest if Stormy kissed Donald,

he'd have turned in to Pepe the Frog.

An idea, to be clear, that I find shocking,

disgusting, revolting, obscene.

Because you can see, looking at Donald,

that he is orange, he is NOT green.

I will NOT state Donald is Vlad Putin's pawn,

NOR contemplate if he is Satan's spawn,

NOR will I highlight how he hates church bells.

I trust the facts will speak for themselves.

Numb. 974 What's Trump?

End of the line. Closing time.

Kill the lights. Close the door.

A total train wreck and I expect

worse if he gets four years more:

another country, another world

where progress is back to a past

that never existed but springs into being,

a century repealed, a story recast

where rights endowed are judged unjust —

you either live free or you fail,

where the out-of-touch rich get every day richer

and the poor get more time in jail,

where Ayn Rand and Jesus are one and the same —

an apex predator, on top of their game, 

where voting rolls are kept to a minimum

by declaring the country a condominium.

This is the best that can be expected,

unless by some fluke Biden's elected.

If that should occur, then Donald's armed hordes

will come after everyone brandishing swords,

taking no prisoners, clearing the field

until all opponents lay dead on their shields.

In any event, Donald will conquer.

Then we'll be blessed with the Empress Ivanka.

Numb. 973 A Thoughtful Republican's Inner Monologue (or Overturning Mark 8:36)

“We’re not going to control the pandemic.” — Mark Meadows, White House Chief Of Staff

We've no need to control this virus.

No reason to make a big fuss.

Donald survived it. Completely unscathed!

To hell with the rest of us.

Anyways, I hear this virus

only kills Democrats.

Never a godly Republican Christian.

We, after all, do not eat bats.

Some gaily say, we've bats in our belfry,

what with our peculiar beliefs

in QAnon and magical thinking,

and, dare I say, our Commander-and-Thief

who led us, sweet Jesus, to total control.

(Although you could say at the cost of our soul …)

On the whole we believe, to put it neatly,

all things are justified if you win completely.