To Cover Up a Cover-up

To cover up a cover-up

Is an endless stream

Of one cover-up after another--

Scheme after scheme.

 

Here we're talking secret servers,

Money, a smear campaign,

Foreign involvement, people flying

To and from Ukraine.

 

On a particular day we think

The mystery has been solved.

And then--surprise!--we find out that

More people are involved.

 

The growing cast of characters

Is astounding, but

Watch them try to push back as

Across the stage they strut.

 

Telling the truth is easier

Than nurturing a lie.

Obviously, mendacity

Is hard to rectify.

 

The president--or king of disorder--

Solves the problem thus:

Distract the public by throwing our allies--

The Kurds--under the bus.

 

Ah, now that just further shows

The man cannot be trusted.

It's dangerous having a leader who's

Completely maladjusted.

 

While they lie to hide the truth

And be roundabout,

They shouldn't act too surprised

When the truth comes out.

 

-by Bob B (10-17-19)

Reviews

[Starling]

I love the way you put current events into writing like this. Excellent work!

[Bob B]

Thanks. I enjoy responding in verse to real events.