scary clowns

Republicans can't govern their own ranks
and don't deliver on the deals they've made.
Now, Democrats look better to big banks
expecting service from the whores they've paid.
Pelosi's Congress got our business done;
her caucus salivated to her bell.
While Gingrich might believe this clown-show's fun,
'Dysfunction!' as a brand's a bitch to sell.
Hakeem looks statesmen-like with outstretched hand,
exceptional, where all we hear is guile.
But still, this GOP can't name a man
secure enough to reach across the aisle.
Our Founding Fathers fighting for self-rule,
had no idea we'd elevate such fools.

unCivil

The White House Nazi cell's now down to two
just Kellyanne and Stephen hold that fort;
one Irish bigot joins one heartless Jew
twin arguments for freedom to abort.
Their peoples battled uphill to belong
believing that America was great
but now, their scions got our myths all wrong
they're in, and mean to slam the Golden Gate.
Obama sought a world post-partisan
to heal the rifts that Gingrich tore so wide
instead, obstructionists have plainly won;
they'd banish anyone not on their side.
Purblind to what our constitution's for
they think they'll somehow win a civil war.

trainwreck

Republicans behold the Trump machine
that used to lavish money on its guys
transformed into a fascist cult obscene
a font now not of dollars, but of lies
inspired to thrust himself onto the stage
instead of hiring someone else's voice
he lashes the electorate to rage
the poorly-educated people's choice
obstructionism's proudest monument
with no accomplishments of which to boast
unfit for any post in government
he struts and brays like Mussolini's ghost
what Gingrich spawned cannot be taken back
two locomotives head-on on one track       

pathological II

Trump's minions seem to lack the gag-reflex
they'll swallow junk he feeds them, small or big
so nonchalant of likely ill-effects
like they can't tell he's such a fascist pig
what's unfulfilled that they'd embrace his creed
a xenophobe who marries immigrants
can't offer substance that would meet their needs
like trying to make supper of breath mints
another Donald may yet lurk off-stage
more willing to negotiate, less crass
in touch with more emotions than blind rage
who's merely masquerading as an ass
a monster spawned by Gingrich and his friends
may spell the GOP's unseemly end

unbound

what Frankenstein loosed Donald on the land
and what's the magic word to call him back
his rhetoric of hate is out of hand
democracy itself's under attack
Newt Gingrich thought obstruction could be used
for partisan advantage come what may
in retrospect, he set light to the fuse
that smolders towards destruction, day by day
the maharal of Prague's the only sleuth
who knows what it was gave this monster breath
a Golem's not controlled but by the Truth
and nothing's gonna stop it short of Death
no fantasy of vengence on the mob
could justify this mamzer for the job