The Pied Piper From New York City - Part One

The Pied Piper from New York City – Part One Dare his name be said? I say, of course, Yes! The Pied Piper, himself, is the man, the myth, the legend. And they, the so-called incurious lot of the hoi polloi in American society, are the ones who accept the: bluster, ignorance, lies, rudeness, and rank buffoonery of this Pied Piper. They are the ones who blindly choose to follow around this Abject Charlatan and Bunco Artist without any question or Thought or any civilized degree of true human concern, whilst HE “pipes” loudly and rudely with an endless supply of hot air, And with all due trickery and ferocity, his bombastic true-lies, And his merry tunes of deceit, stupidity, and just pure-plain “Baloney” for those seeking the simplest of answers to the Significant questions and real problems of the day in our Society and in the greater world, that cry out for and demand Intelligent thought, discussion, and consideration of realistic Solutions that directly affect people’s lives and their well-being, And the essential stability of our country and of our allies in This very complicated world of the twenty-first century. Ah . . . yes, I wish this were only a dream in the deep-dark center Of the subjunctive mood of my grammar, but not of my heart, and My psyche—for it’s truly and unfortunately much more than this, And it’s much more than one could ever imagine or ever venture To say that this “Alternative Universe of the Pied Piper” is one That’s a genuine “Nightmare,” a panoply, replete with: a few truths, so many more half-truths, untruths, insults, and endless deceptions! And even incompetence to boot! But look at this way, it’s just more of the old fantasies just like The people in the past who received a fake degree from his sham, Real Estate program at good old “TU” in the Big Apple! Ah . . . yes, The Pied Piper is one who always takes great pride in the Barnum-Fields' popular bon mot: “Never give suckers an even break!” He takes this zinger to heart as part of his dubious modus operandi, Whilst joyously snickering, and laughing behind the backs of those Who are gullible enough and have the proclivity to believe anything They hear him say— just as long as, “it sounds simple and good!” When I unfortunately hear things like this, I roll my eyes and think . . . “Simple is as simple does, and stupid is as stupid does!” Ah . . . yes, these children of misfortune and those full of anger and Prejudice—including assorted Hatemongers and merry groups of White Supremacists, Neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan, and those so-called Righteous Apostles of the Alt-Right who now arrogantly march and Strut their ridiculous stuff in a true lock-step fashion to the beguiling And mesmerizing shrill voice of this supposed modern-day hero! This well-known, thin-skinned man with his pair of clay-feet and an Overblown Reality TV persona is Our New York Flim-Flam Man! All this, is clearly on display when the Pied Piper reprises his most Famous on-the-air gig in the Reality TV World as—The POTUS! Horribile Dictu! Horribile Dictu! Oh yes, horrible to be told! And Horrible it is to be told for sure! This is all I can say in response to This troubling reality for America and for the greater world. Let us all now pray! Let us all now pray! These poor people have no idea at all that they are being played As fools, suckers, and willing and unwilling victims, duped by The Pied Piper’s “Big Lie” mantra in the storied tradition of the Twentieth-Century by the clever propaganda machinations, that Are truly reminiscent of past evil luminaries such as: Hitler, Hess, Goebbels, Goering, Mussolini; and don’t forget the likes also of Lenin, Stalin, Molotov, Beria, Brezhnev, Andropov, and so on, All the way today to the likes of Putin, Assad, Duterte, and Maduro. Just to name a few! Say it ain’t true . . . Say it’s not possible . . . But it sadly is! What a motley gallery of rogues and apostles of deception, And out and out liars and frauds to be associated with! All the while the Pied Piper decries and bemoans the supposed “Fake News,” and the cherished, historical role of the Free Press in America, as protected, along with the rights of Freedom of Speech, Religious Worship, and Peaceful Assembly as all are enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America. All the Pied Piper’s crying and bemoaning are quite telling and nasty For someone who sang his paeans and voiced his fulsome panegyric In support of “WikiLeaks,” which took great pride in their role as a Conduit for Russian propaganda and fake news, with the obvious goals Of spreading lies and fomenting trouble in the hope of disrupting the U.S. Presidential Election and the general electoral process in 2016. The Pied Piper’s despicable actions in this regard tear at the most sacred Institutional fabric and foundation of our nation’s grand Union, whilst Threatening the very heart and soul of our precious democracy, and the Accepted tenets of: Good governance, Tolerance, Fairness, Good judgment, Moral leadership, and Expected professional conduct. In this instance, His actions and those of his henchmen Have been and truly are shameful! The Pied Piper also chooses, at times, to defame and shame those who Would dare to disagree with him in both the public forum and in private. In exacting his revenge, one of the Pied Piper’s favorite ploys is to wrap Himself in the patriotic aura of the great American Flag, the famous “Stars and Stripes,” which is most sacred to our American history. This is quite rich for a man who has never served in the military, and For one who is certainly not a veteran! He lambasts his opponents in This fashion by calling them both “Unpatriotic” and “Un-American.” ***SEE PART TWO FOR CONTINUATION AND CONCLUSION OF POEM*** Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved September 7, 2017 (Political Verse)