It Can'T Happen, Or Has It

Every day when I watch TV
I see the chattering classes

The TV pundits
And their guests

Pontificate about this and that 
And it seems to me 

That they are missing the big picture
In the era of Donald Trump

Nothing that they say
Will make a difference

Donald Trump has slowly conquered
The political world

And he is shaping it into something
That we had hoped we would never see

A truly American neo-fascist state
Wrapped around the flag

And so-called Christian values
And the latest made up outrage 

And the chattering classes
Don’t seem to understand

That they are next 
On the hit parade

As the Donald Trump machinery
Continues to take over the known universe

The question used to be
It can’t happen here

The answer I am afraid 
Is already has
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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