inflection

Sam Donaldson remembers Nixon well
abusing power for his private ends.
This year, he welcomes Trumpty to this Hell
where we'll find that he doesn't have two friends.
Just Mitch McConnell--staunch guard at his rear--
still promising to quash Pelosi's bills,
stands firm while others slink away in fear
(although he pulls his head into his shell).
Pelosi's counting votes and bides her time;
she won't lob Mitch a slow-pitch he can hit.
Before the Senate's voting on Trump's crime
McConnell's allies might be wise to quit.
A nation's nightmare, played out to the crowd--
'though slow to start--is getting very loud.