the new darkness

Buchanan bathed in Use Immunity
like magic waters of the river Styx
absolving years of pious treachery

and normalizing Nixon's dirty tricks

O brave new world! 'Twill never be the same

such cynicism loosed upon the land

debasing public service to a game

the tide of bullshit's wholly out of hand

this orange clown swept in on that wave's crest

brings no experience that's relevant

but sycophants assure him he's the best

and journalists seem weirdly diffident

salvation must rely on a Free Press

but many seem complicit in our mess