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VERSE by Malekoff, Politics-plus ... All original free associations.

Melania tells children, "Be best"
The nation answers, "Surely you jest"
So side splitting
Must be kidding
C'mon First Lady, give it a rest

Somehow we made it through Watergate
That darkest of times sealed Nixon's fate
And now there's Trump
That treasonous punk
True patriots cannot allow his escape

Fast food burgers make me sick
Meat is gray and grease is slick
They make me gag
And my belly sag
Where's the the john, I gotta go quick

24 hours of stations to choose
The never ending hum of cable news
Look at the talking heads
Including retired feds
Riling me up or making me snooze

Can barely recall her mother's face
ICE police caged her up in this place
Five-sixty-five
Is mine alive?
Or has she gone missing without a trace?

Rudy Guliani said, "truth is not truth"
America's mayor is long in the tooth
So full of crap
Needs a long nap
Or a quick dip in the fountain of youth

The King of Twitter lost his mind
Left all rational thought behind
Croaks like a frog
Lies like a dog
Regarding morality he's totally blind

The base is under Donald's spell
They do not know him very well
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
As dogs reacting to Pavlov's bell

Michael Cohen has copped a plea
Soiled his pants and took a pee
He's gonna burn
Unless he turns
The tables on President DJT

Madonna co-opted the Queen of Soul
Now Ciccone is paying a toll
Despite all her cash
Huge fan backlash
When Aretha arrived they broke the mold

The ladies of Salem have arrived
To tell us Agent Orange conspired
That twisted runt
Declared "Witch hunt!"
Thou protesteth too much - So you're  fired!

From, I'd take a bullet for my boss
To, I'd like to throw him under the bus
Michael Cohen is in deep shit
Agent Orange needs to quit
It's justice served or democracy lost

A tribute to Heather Heyer
Who stepped straight into the fire
To humanity's friend
Love the world sends
Your memory won't cease to inspire

A baby blimp flew high overhead
Bopping in time with Grateful Dead
The queen feted Trump
The orange-haired lump
"A stable genius, I am," he said

If stomach-turning Hannity
Were eaten by a manatee
There'd be such glee
That a windbag like he
Was turned to waste in a tropical sea

The children of Flint drank lead
Poison then went to their heads
No one took blame
Michigan's shame
Tap water that brings only dread

To our nation's enduring disgrace
Is prejudging according to race
Bias by skin
Our original sin
Diversity we should all embrace

That guy with the orange cheeks
Moscow should be where he sleeps
He rants and he rages
And puts children in cages
But with Vladi he acts like a sheep

Mike Pence is like a mannequin
Standing beside the sultan of sin
That frozen smile
Is code for "Sig Heil"
He's Charlie McCarthy's next of kin

Agent Orange is selling us out
Sowing the seeds of eternal doubt
Vladimir's pet
Has no regret
Unprincipled lying treasonous lout

Bone spur orange dodged the draft
Misleading congress is his craft
Oh me, oh my
That boy can lie
And republicans cover his ass

"No collusion" is not really so
Agent Orange is America's foe
He cheats and he lies
Gives comfort to spies
That sorry sack of s*** must go

What leads to a meaningful life?
A career, a husband, a wife?
It's not what you'd guess
You see, life's a mess
Cannot be smoothed by a butterknife

Agent Orange is straight from hell
Take a close look and you can tell
It is not "if" or "maybe"
He's Rosemary's baby
No doubt he's profoundly unwell

He joined him alone in a room
Saw Vladi and started to swoon
His heart is so hollow
He started to swallow
One infamous Monday at noon

If Cheech & Chong met Don & Vladi
Think they'd toke some wacky tabacky?
From phony gladness
To reefer madness
The key to peace might just be a fatty

Do you feel a nagging itch
'bout the guy who's Putin's bitch
Orange face
Huge disgrace
Women beware, bring your mace

He fancies himself as Narcissus
He’s really much more like pertussis
Spreading his germs
Making us squirm
With thousands of lies so outrageous

Mar-a-Lago for golf with Vladi?
Nunes will serve as their caddy
Should be a thriller
Bare-chested killer
Asking 45: to "Who is your daddy?"

Don't be deceived my dear friends
Putin sees America's end
45 in his pocket
Nuclear tipped rocket
A missile of death he will send

Shady old Paul Manafort
Is headed to criminal court
He'll do the time
Lest he drop a dime
From 45 there'll be no support

Be prepared to get out the vote
Take a car, a train or a boat
We have a choice
Amplify your voice
Grab your coat, keep freedom afloat!

For all of the POTUS's vanity
And transparent acts of insanity
FOX is his lair
That vicious broodmare
Sowing his seed with Sean Hannity

If you're ever feeling hell-bent
Don't you bitch, instead dissent
Make some waves
Not rants & raves
Stand up, speak out & represent

When a football player takes a knee
He's excercising free speech you see
Peaceful protest is patriotic
Shutting it down is idiotic
Take a knee for Emmett Till, Rosa Parks & MLK

There's something about adolescents
They're brooding or effervescent
What is it with teens
That live in between
Darkness & blinding incandescence?

I just had surgery for a hernia
By the Ancient Order of Hibernia
They closed up the hole
And charged me a toll
So now one might say I'm superbia!

Michael Cohen has 45 on tape
Fancies himself as a hero in a cape
But it's not really so
He's just another schmo
An attorney on paper but in truth a great ape

On Friday there'll be a blood moon
July 27 coming real soon
Eclipse of the heart
Adrip in the dark
Prophecy or marching dragoon?

I sleep with someone that snores
So loud it rattles the doors
My eyes are wide shut
I lie still like King Tut
Can't sleep so I get up & do chores

Migrant kids' psyches we're battered
On US soil dreams were shattered
Came to escape
Violence and rape
To 45 none of it mattered

When Agent Orange disappears
Many folks will stomp and cheer
That won't hide
The great divide
Racial strife will remain my dears

Religion can be good or evil
One's morality strong or feeble
Feed the poor or
Take for yourself more
A generous heart or deceitful

We teach our children not to lie
Yet POTUS says sea is sky
Up is down
Flat is round
Truth means nothing to this guy

Mayor Giuliani has run out of time
America's Mayor swims in slime
At a great cost
Integrity lost
Trading it all for a spot on prime time

Big boss is under the gun
Mueller has got him on the run
Now I can see
Him taking a plea
Quiet as a mouse, cat got his tongue

Let's not sugar coat the truth
Trump committed child abuse
At the border
He did murder
Thousands of souls with no excuse

Whose the greatest fraud of all
Orange cheeks mean and cruel
Has a base
With no taste
Sells false hope to hordes of fools

I don't like glaring at Kindle or Nook
I like the delicious feel of a book
Turning the pages
Paper in cages
I'll take a hardback by hook or by crook

Give me liberty or take my breath
Free speech or spiritual death
Who is this guy?
A Russian spy?
King of s*** mountain or dime store Macbeth

Sleepless days & sleepless nights
Freddie Fender go fly a kite
Country twang
Purple gang
These pants look good but man they're tight

On the way to kingdom come
I chewed a piece of bubblegum
Bazooka Joe
Eddie & Flo
Pearly gates and bottle of rum

Agent Orange is a lying pig
Separates families, takes the kids
Not my prez
I hereby sez
Crushing human rights is his gig

The folks at the rallies are odd
Pretending 45 is a god
They live by mob rule
And stammer and drool
Then bow to a fake, a phony & fraud

Ivanka got the poor to stitch
Stuff but not Abercrombie & Fitch
Paid pennies an hour
Held court in Trump Tower
Starved still they did as she got rich

POTUS slammed the great LeBron
A man of character, Don's got none
He's helping it seems
To fulfill kids' dreams
As POTUS tears families apart by the seams

When Donald Junior was a tot
He dreamed about a Russian plot
It took all he had
To dig dirt for dad
And soon he'll have a prison cot

Suffering from our collective amnesia
Still fast asleep from the anesthesia
It still isn't too late
To escape this cruel fate
Need a stiff shot of Milk of Magnesia

Agent Orange says: "Stand & Salute"
Bellowing orders from an empty suit
Anti-minority
No moral authority
Players who kneel he cannot uproot

Mueller will indict a Stone
Poor Roger too late to atone
Sneaky guy
Gonna fry
Prison next and final home

Our system of justice he demeans
Many in congress will not intervene
The future is bleak
Acting like sheep
Kissing up so pathetically obscene

Agent Orange despises black & brown
Vituperation spins his world 'round
How did this creature
Became such a feature?
His sense of omnipotence makes the earth frown

Forty-five thinks the Earth is flat
On global warming he smells a rat
Ridiculous putz
Ideas so nuts
Fancies himself an aristocrat

Sharp Objects is a funky show
Southern gals on the down low
Camille feeling torn
Since she was born
Her mama Adora drinking bordeaux

In a mid-morning tweet monologue
Forty-five called Omarosa a dog
She said he's corrupt
Wants his ass whupped
In a White House that's stuck in a fog

Raging parents in the Sooner State
Threatening a trans teen to castrate!
Diversity be damned
Hatred's in their hands
Stand up, speak out & demonstrate!

Brennan's clearance taken away
With 45 it's watch what you say
Attack free speech
The right to preach
Unless your willing to pay to play

Omarosa, she has some gall
Got Agent Orange by the balls
She's not hoarding
Lots of recordings
Setting the table for a great fall

Trump is tainting the jury
To the constitution's fury
Rule of law
In his craw
Their verdict won't end this story

Copyright Andrew Malekoff 2018

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