Fair-Weather Fans of Democracy
Weekend warrior with an office worker’s ass,
His Ford Super Duty guzzles Middle Eastern gas.
Flies a made in China flag for the Confederacy,
Backed a tin-pot despot for the presidency.
The Conservative’s credo, “F*ck ‘em, I got mine.”
Think our country’s zeitgeist is theirs to define.
Consider anyone they don’t consider their kind,
Second-class citizens they graciously abide.
The First Amendment’s fair-weather fans
Never had a word to say,
‘Bout sitting pretty for the Star-Spangled diddy,
To the Mennonites or the Church of Latter Day.
‘Til a black quarterback went down on one knee
‘Bout coppers killing coloreds with impunity
The white Far Right called him uppity
Kneeling for the flag became burning it in effigy.
Sitting to resist or raising a fist,
Blacks always wind up on the cracker set’s shit-list.
Whatever they did,
They done went about it wrong;
‘cause it’s never been their methods
but their message all along.
He Cheated (Don the Con)
Cheated comeuppance with his post-COVID health,
Cheated on the trophy wives who wed him for his wealth.
Six months on the job he cheated,
Umpteen versions of the Trump Tower meeting.
Oh, Don the Con dodged Vietnam.
Another scion spawn skates Saigon.
A dubious affliction for his duty dereliction,
Our Commander in Chief was a common valor thief.
He cheated! A kids cancer charity.
He cheated! A sham university.
He cheated! Justice for Kashoggi.
He cheated! ISIS 30-day victory.
Cheated his deplorables out of their border wall,
Cheated Mejico out of paying for it all.
"No time to golf," he did proudly proclaim,
Spent 69 workdays working on his short game.
Will he have hell to pay come judgment day,
or will loopholes in God’s laws win him the day?
Will eternal damnation be his final destination,
Or will President Cheater cheat his way past Saint Peter?
He cheated! A kids cancer charity.
He cheated! A sham university.
He cheated! Justice for Kashoggi.
He cheated! ISIS 30-day victory.
"The largest inaugural" is what Sean Spicer said.
Hundreds dead when his rallies super-spread...
The Most Corrupt Regime
June sixteen, two thousand-fifteen
A dimwitted dark horse threw a wrench in the machine.
Jefferson B. Sessions helped to elevate,
A Manchurian Candidate modern-day incarnate.
Made a mockery of ‘Merican democracy!
Usurped the throne through Electorate victory.
Used Chinese steel for casino construction,
Lester Holt pressed, Trump confessed to obstruction!
*Most corrupt regime this nation's ever known:
Gates, Manafort, Cohen and Stone.
Papadopolous, Pinedo, Bannon, Broidy, Flynn,
Parnas and Fruman would soon be joining in.
Without a doubt, the most dysfunctional House
His senior most advisor was his sugar baby’s spouse!
Nunes took an Uber by the pale moonlight,
Tony Scaramucci didn't even last a fortnight.
Trump exists thanks to White Nationalists,
The new-school name for old school racists.
Stand back and stand by; good folks on both sides.
"Jews will not replace us!" you are whom you abide.
*Most corrupt regime this nation's ever known:
Navarro, Scavino, Cohen and Stone.
Papadopolous, Pinedo, Bannon, Broidy, Flynn,
Weisselberg and Trump himself will soon be joining in.
The shit hit the fan six days into Jan.
Lynch Pence like the Klan, violent coup was their plan.
Shared their selfies online, bold and braggadocious.
Cried like febrile babies when the Feds brought them to justice.
About the Creator
Chris Z
My opinion column garnered more reader responses than any other contributor in the paper's 40-year run. As a stand-up comic, I performed in 16 countries & 26 states. I've written 2 one-man shows, umpteen poems, songs, essays & chronologies.
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Rivers of Death
Rivers bring water the element essential to all life on Earth but wherever rivers flow they also bring death surprise attacks Savage kills and brutal fights every day is a battle for survival on these rivers of [Applause] death I'm under the African Sun Staying Alive is hot thirsty work and among the ranks of animals jostling to get a drink lurk Killers waiting to strike but while Lions may be fearsome and the huge Nile crocodiles ruthless Predators one of the continent's deadliest River Killers is mostly vegetarian renowned wallowers spending up to 16 hours a day lounging in the water hippos could be mistaken for relaxed creatures and yet the river horse as their name translates from ancient Greek can be a very angry pony indeed with tusks up to a foot and a half long hippos are literally armed to the teeth and a charging bull Hipp can impact with the weight force of a pickup truck what's more hippos May brutally defend their territory an Impala has been chased into a muddy Watering Hole by a lion it's stuck but for fortunately for the stricken analou the lion is reluctant to follow it into the Meer unfortunately it finds itself in the domain of a hippo ill disposed to uninvited guests the hippo's not stealing the watching Lion's meal she's most likely just aggressively defending her calf and the Impala pays the ultimate price for crossing a doting mother hippos are thought to kill more people each year than the rest of Africa's most dangerous animals combined and during mating season their ruthless aggression is directed at other hippos two bulls square up the pod's dominant male and a Challenger at stake the Riverbanks Prime mating territory and a Herm of females the dominant male puts on an aggressive display posturing to show he will not yield but the interloper Demands a fight finally the dominant male is Victorious the Conqueror celebrates with a dung shower marking the border of the territory he has successfully defended while the vanquished suffers more than just the agony of defeat his back is carved open and by Sunset the crocodiles are watching closely they'd be unlikely to take on a bull in rude Health but now they Circle an expectation the hippo breathes his last the price of insurrection is life his Hulk will not go to waste the crocodiles move in swiftly to Feast on the corpse for these voracious Predators it's a considerable meal but one dead hippo is a mere snack compared with the annual Feast provided by a particular African river each year the serengetti vast grass Plains filled to the Horizon with grazing animals taking part in one of Nature's greatest spectacles around 1 and2 million wilder beast join 700,000 other herbivores on the Great Migration around 1 in six of these migrants will die before completing the 500 M circuit many are outrun and taken down down by Africa's formidable array of Savannah carnivores their Journey coming to a Grizzly end but one of the deadliest single obstacles the vast herds must Traverse is the mara River after 3 months on the move the wilderbeast are exhausted and emaciated all that separates them from the Fresh pastures of the msai mara is the width of the river and a whole bunch of huge ravit Nile crocodiles despite the chilling threat posed by these powerful Predators some of the herd are either oblivious to the danger or so thirsty they dare to take a drink anyway for an unlucky few it will be their last and these witless victims merely wet the Croc's appetite the true Feast begins when the first of the herd Braves the river in the crush and Chaos of the crossing the 16t Crocs grabs scores of victims when 1,600 lb of musc futile the marus Crocs survive on meager rations for most of the year so take full advantage of the great migrations time of Plenty they Gorge themselves eating up to half their body weight in one sitting and with so many different species crossing the river the banquet is as varied as it is Bountiful but not all Africa's Crocs have such an easy meal ticket on the banks of this Kenyon River a Croc has got too close to a pack of feeding Lions a move it's about to regret it's a fierce attack but the Crocs skin is covered in bony armor plating eventually the Lion's Uninvited Guest Retreats having taught the Crocs and dinner manners the big cats return to the carcass the Amazon is a giant of a river and and conceal some monstrous Predators which kill with a crush and in a bloody frenzy draining a lowland Basin of close to 3 million square miles around 1/5 of the water that runs off the earth's surface is carried by the Amazon this giant of a river is renowned for its oversized residence both prey and Predator around 4 ft long and and weighing as much as an adult human capibara are the world's largest rodent they're
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