IT ALL COMES CRASHING DOWN

IT ALL COMES CRASHING DOWN

It all comes crashing down, like the madness on Wall Street.

Like the embarrassment of a fall, downward, head over feet.

Like the hailstones from heaven in a harsh summer storm,

Like the buzz from a beehive, how mighty the swarm.

My life dips and dives, my imbalance thrives,

No one gets out of this morass alive, 

Just yesterday I took a tumble while sitting in a chair,

Leaning over to rescue a crumb from the floor,

You can bet you won't see me do that anymore.

All I got for my trouble a sweet suite of bruises,

Lining up down my calf, cavalcade of contusions. 

It all crashes down, like a song poorly sung,

Like a fall from a ladder, the uppermost rung.

Like the wind from a twister, that batters and blisters.

A savage tsunami this way it comes,

Beating iis slow cacophonous drums.

That splinters and shatters the slow black of night,

Filled with resentment and spitting up spite.

Over the vastness of time and of space,

Bitterness filling its sad ugly face.

Like Musk with his chainsaw leaves life in tatters

Your job is demolished, your sanity scatters,

Nothing is sacred and nothing much matters.

Like Trump with his tariffs ruins the day,

With the click of a keyboard does away with free trade,

Threatens immigration and settling old scores,

The terror of ICE agents beatiing down doors.

Life it bears a heavy cost, and he who hesitates is lost.

It's hard to rise and stay around, when it all comes crashing down.

-Bruce Potts

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ELON MUSK IS WATCHING YOU

ELON MUSK IS WATCHING YOU

Careful what you say or do,

For Elon Musk is watching you,

From the keyhole of his keyboard.

He looks at you and smirks

Trusty chainsaw by his side

He conducts his dirty works.

He's slashing here, slashing there,

In fact he's slashing everywhere 

Scientists and soldiers, Medicaid and Medicare

He answers to no one but The Donald, Mr. Trump

Elected in part by Elon's cash and speeches on the stump.

Elon he is quick to lay intentions on the line.

He has quickly learned to be quite concerned with how you spend your time

He'll have your job if you don''t comply, and list your bullet points of five, 

Tell him your accomplishments and prove your inner worth,

To illustrate that you deserve to walk his precious earth,

To breathe the hallowed air he breathes and to believe what he believes

It gives him pure unbridled bliss, to get up in your business.

Are you fit to drive a Tesla, do you know your place

Or are you just a relic taking up precious space. 

Musk the de facto President was not even elected.

But that doesn't stop him from being protected

By the orange clown and criminal who occupies the White House

Together they conspire to pour fuel upon the fire,

A cunning conflagration that cannot be doused.

Yet it's become quite clear to see, they're ruining the economy.

By slashing with a chainsaw, the hope and promise of it all.

Though you probably don't believe it's true,

Both Musk and Trump are stalking you.

Musk wears a sporty MAGA cap perched high upon his head, 

Has fathered fourteen children some with gals he never wed

One kid who dared rudely tell the President to shut up,

To say in just a quiet inkling what most of us were only thinking.

Wiping snot from his nose on the President's desk,

While Musk appeared to suffer the child and ignore the holy mess.

So go your way and live your life with your husband or your wife,

Cover up your keyholes, as the sun sets purple in the sky,

Watch the birds that circle, so graceful as they fly

Just know he's out there, chainsaw ready, no matter what you do, 

As darkness falls upon the land, Elon Musk is watching you.

-Bruce Potts   

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FLIM FLAM

FLIM FLAM

Here comes again the flim flam man,

With his tired racist tropes and his orange tan.

Fascist Don with his spewing of hate,

Blowing a lot of smoke as of late,

No friend to women or LGBTQ.

He is quite simply playing you, stirring the pot,

With his odes he speaks to Hitler,

The democracy he forgot.

Meanwhile a woman of conscience and strength,

Provides a new way forward to save us from fascism

Here's hoping Kamala comes and kicks his sorry ass in.

And not to be impertinent, impudent or in the least verbose,

How the hell is this election the slightest bit close?.   

i've said it before, Donald, and so it must be true,

That no one does a snow job quite like you.

 

Thumpety, thumpety, thumpety, thump,

Here comes humpty dumpty Trump,

With the gall to call this land a dump,

They're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats,

He lies like a fiend with the drop of a hat.

And let's not forget JD, and his distaste for the cat ladies,

It's oh so easy and plain to deduce,

You're only worthy if you reproduce.

Here comes the fascist flim flam man,

With his trademark red tie and his bright orange tan.

His reason for running, far as I can tell,

Is to elude prosecution and time in a cell

The immigrants he disparages commit far fewer crimes than he,

The U.S .is still a melting pot, land of the brave and free.

Do not let him fool you, he's only in this for himself,

A slithering snake best left on the shelf.

Before you vote him in, it's not at all silly

To heed the words of Generals Kelly and Milley.

For just this once don't be shy, to give Kamala a try

To leave the flim flam at the door where it can rot forevermore,

And join me proud and unembarrassed,

To cast your vote for Walz and Harris.

-Bruce Potts

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