Empty and Disgusted

EMPTY AND DISGUSTED

 

EMPTY MY MIND HAS BEEN

EMPTY FOR QUITE A WHILE

DEVOID OF ANY IDEAS

ANY IDEAS TO WRITE ABOUT

 

EVER SINCE MY LAST MANUSCRIPT

I HAVE HAD NO NEW INSPIRATION

I TRY AND I TRY VERY OFTEN

TO GET SOMETHING ON PAPER

 

 NOTHING ENTERS MY MIND

NOTHING WORTHWHILE TO WRITE ABOUT

COULD MY BRAIN HAVE RUN DRY?

HAVE ALL MY CELLS GONE BYE-BYE?

 

THAT CAN MEAN ONLY ONE THING

MY BATTERY HAS GONE DRY

IT COULD MEAN SOMETHING ELSE

MY DESIRE TO WRITE HAS WANED

 

I JUST WISH TO FORGET

THAT ALL I HAVE WRITTEN BEFORE

HAS BEEN A WASTE OF TIME

AND I DON’T HAVE IT IN ME

 

 MAYBE I NEVER HAD IT BEFORE

AND I JUST CAME TO REALIZE IT

I DO FEEL THE NEED TO ENGAGE

IN SOMETHING TO KEEP ME BUSY

 

IF I DON’T HAVE SOMETHING TO COOK

OR SOMETHING TO KEEP ME OCCUPIED

BOREDOM REALLY SETS IN

AND I FEEL COMPLETELY USELESS

 

WATCHING TV IS NOT AN OPTION

THERE’S NOTHING WORTHWHILE TO WATCH

IF IT’S NOT BASKETBALL OR THE NEWS

EVERYTHING SEEMS MONOTONOUS

 

 

 

BASKETBALL GAMES ARE FAR APART

AND THE NEWS ARE DISAPPOINTING

IF MY LAKERS DON’T WIN I’M DISGUSTED

AND MUELLER’S INVESTIGATION DRAGS ON

 

I WANT TRUMP TO BE FOUND GUILTY SOON

BECAUSE I AM CERTAIN HE IS

THE SOONER HE’S IMPEACHED OR RESIGNS

THE BETTER I AND MANY WILL FEEL

 

THE LONGER HE STAYS IN OFFICE

THE HIGHER THE RISK OF US GOING TO WAR

IF THAT HAPPENS OUR TROUBLES

WILL DISAPPEAR LIKE MAGIC

 

WE WILL BE GONE AND SO WILL THEY

WHOEVER IS LEFT ALIVE

WILL CONTINUE HAVING MORE PROBLEMS

I DON’T WANT TO BE ONE OF THEM

 

I’D RATHER BE ONE OF THE CASUALTIES

AND EVEN IF WE DON’T GO TO WAR

HE’LL MAKE OUR LIVES MORE MISERABLE

HE’S DONE SO MANY BAD THINGS

 

HE’LL BECOME ANOTHER PUTIN

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS

TO RULE LIKE A DICTATOR

AND WE JUST CANNOT PERMIT IT

 

I HOPE MUELLER AND TRUMP’S REPUBLICANS

SEE THE REAL FUTURE UNDER HIM

THEY MUST FIND HIM GUILTY AND CHARGED

THEN HE’LL RESIGN OR BE IMPEACHED

 

OUR PROBLEMS WILL NOT DISAPPEAR

AS DEMOCRATS WILL STILL BE DOWN

THE REPUBLICANS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN

THE PARTY TO MAKE THE WEALTHY RICHER

 

THEY NEVER CARED FOR THE DOWNTRODDEN

THE POOR, THE PEOPLE OF COLOR

THOUGH THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE THE BEST MORALS

COMPARED TO OUR DEMOCRATIC FRIENDS

BUT NOW THOSE MORALS HAVE GONE

AND THEY WILL SUFFER FOR LOSING THEM

THEY WILL LOSE THE NEXT ELECTIONS

AND WE’LL GAIN CONTROL OF CONGRESS

 

OF COURSE, IT IS WISHFUL THINGKING

ON MANY OF MY DEMOCRAT ALLIES

BUT IT SURE LOOKS LIKE IT’LL HAPPEN

AND IF IT DOES, WHAT THEN?

 

HOW WILL OUR LIVES IMPROVE?

THAT THEY WILL, I AM CERTAIN

THEY SHOULD BE MUCH, MUCH BETTER

FOR EVERYONE EXCEPT FOR ME

 

COME THE NEXT ELECTION AND

I’LL PROBABLY BE GONE FOR GOOD

AT LEAST I WON’T BE COMPLAINING

ABOUT THE THINGS MR. TRUMP IS DOING

 

HE’LL GO ONE ROUTE AND I’LL GO ANOTHER

MY RELATIVES WILL SAVOR THAT

FOR THEY WON’T HAVE A DICTATORSHIP

WHICH WILL MAKE THEIR LIVES MORE NORMAL

 

HOPEFULLY, IT WILL BE MORE ENJOYABLE

I WILL OBSERVE THEM FROM ABOVE

AND BE CHEERING ON OUR VICTORY

FOR TRUMP WILL HAVE BEEN TRUMPED

 

THE REPUBLICANS WILL BE

LIKE SHEEP IN THE DEMOCRAT’S CORRAL

A FATE THEY WILL CERTAINLY DESERVE

FOR BACKING UP MR. TRUMP

 

AN INCOMPETENT, TWEETING HAWK

WHO DREAMED OF BEING ANOTHER PUTIN

OR PERHAPS EVEN A NEW ADOLPH HITLER

DOWN WITH PUTIN, HITLER AND TRUMP

 

THERE WILL BE SOME WHO’LL GET ANGRY

AS SOON AS THEY READ MY CRITIQUE

BUT I WARN THEM AND WANT THEM TO KNOW

THAT I’M SIMPLY EXPRESSING MY OPINION

I WANT THEM TO SIMPLY CONTROL THEIR ANGER

OR DISPLEASURE AT A DEMOCRAT’S FEELINGS

FOR, IF THE SHOE WERE ON THE OTHER FOOT,

THEY WOULD BE EXPRESSING THEIR OWN

 

THEY SHOULD TAKE IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT

AND NOT LEARN MR. TRMP’S BAD HABIT OF

 GETTING EVEN WHEN SOMEONE CRITICIZES HIM

BY VENTING HIS ANGER OVER SOME TWEETS

 

WHEN DEMOCRATS ARE IN POWER, I’LL SURELY HEAR

A LOT OF THE OTHER SIDE’S COMPLAINTS

THAT HAS BEEN THE USUAL NORM

THAT POLITICS HAS BEEN FOR YEARS

 

ALTHOUGH I MUST REMIND THEM

THAT NEVER HAVE WE HAD A MAN LIKE TRUMP

WHO DESIRES THE POWERS DICTATORS HAVE WIELDED

SO THAT HE CAN DO AS HE PLEASES

 

RIGHT NOW HIS GET-EVEN ASSAULTS

ARE MINOR AND INCONSEQUENTIAL

MANY CONSIDER HIM JUST A TWEETERING NERD

AND THEY PAY NO MIND TO HIS RAGES

 

BUT WE MUST NOT LET HIM SUCCEED

IN ACQUIRING THE POWER HE WANTS

BECAUSE THEN THOSE HARMLESS TWEETS

CAN BECOME LETHAL IN HIS ANGRY MOUTH

 

HE’LL PUT MANY PEOPLE IN DANGER

OR MANY WILL EVEN LOSE THEIR LIVES

JUST LIKE HIS VARIOUS HEROES ARE DOING

AMONG THEM, PUTIN, DUTARTE AND KIM JONG-UN

 

SO, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES,

LOOK OUT FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY

DON’T LET YOUR POLITICS ALLOW HIM

THE POWER HE SO DESPERATELY WISHES

 

IT’S BETTER TO BE SAVE THAN TO BE SORRY

WE CAN’T THINK THAT HE’S HARMLESS

HE’LL GET HIS POWER IF WE LET HIM

INSTEAD, LET’S RUSH HIS REAR OUT OF OFFICE

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[Donna]

This is written so beautifully! I agree with every word you wrote!