MAGA the psyop Vlad velvet confection
no missiles exploding, just bloodless dissection
Pitting and plotting while spinning a web,
get rid of sad pols like low energy Jeb
Replace them with barkers who grift for a living
wrap Christ in the flag and become less forgiving
FOX propaganda a new-age religion
the bread of brain dead, blood suckers, and pigeons
Populist fodder, cultural crack,
farmed in the foul breath of Trump’s loyalist hacks
News is now tribal, with no true reporting,
FOX is the bible, a church for consorting
Where lies lead to lust for the ignorant masses
gaping and raping in their Eva Braun glasses
Troubadour tribesmen of white patriarchy
pied-piping pitchmen for the new oligarchy
Putin has puppets, Elon and Don,
a triad of fuck-wads running a con
As we sit on the sidelines and watch it unfold,
blind to the history and too dumb to be told
We’re becoming the fascists we used to despise,
and the good becomes bad, right in front of our eyes.
The new Jackboots are black suits with boatloads of money,
they carve up the landscape and horde all the honey
The rest will subsist on crackers and crumbs,
treated like losers, vagrants and bums
Geoffrey Reilly is a skilled, passionate, and collaborative information designer and writer with over 30 years of experience in the software industry. He lives in Warren, RI with his wife Meg and their dog, Pepsi.
In his spare time, he writes essays, poetry, and (every now and then) short stories.
You can find his creative endeavors on his blog site, Bending the Needle – Truth Hurts and on his personal website
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