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Trump Time Is a Coming

These tyrants of men with fat belly eyes Infect our dreams. 
Soulless sorcerers of threadbare promises. 
Who masterfully manipulated the hopes 
Of a disappointed people, 
And we the demented fools believed,
Believed with all our hearts, 
That they can turn our dusty tracks into roads. 
Of shiny gold. 

And soon beneath a cool winter's sky 
A flock of black coated demigods will land and will grow fat and hungry, 
as they try to swallow the world, 

Their hidden hatred, faces within faces. 
And we the blinkered fools cursed with forgetfulness, 
Who are deaf to things we should know, 
Lap their words up like sugary cream. 

They'll make us giants again, 
And we the superior idiots can sit and watch our enemies burn, 
And only the treacherous will mourn, 
We'll cheer and sing and guzzle gallons of freedom beer, 

Nobody cares if the world is illusion, a facade for the gullible
And soon they'll be no truth but post truth, 
Delivered by nasty little spirit men, 
Who will cleanse the soul of history. 
To make us believe that ignorance 
And brutality diluted in a bath of bitter words, 
Can restore the improbable dream of
A suburban utopia

We the trudging mass will accept, 
As we always accept such things, 
Warmed by a PR smile and saccharin sweetness of snake oil charm , 

And they will reduce us to dollar counters 
Counting greasy money into greasy tills 
And the fat will get fatter hiding their delight, 
Behind sneering eyes, 
And the only rest for a working man will be 
The graveyard's soil 
After a lifetime of Infinite toil, 

Their victory is assured.

Copyright © Paul Martin | Year Posted 2017

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Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen Date: 1/9/2017 6:35:00 AM I don't know what to say. This is certainly a very strong poem and a captivating read. The media was brain twisting during the last election. I do hope that whatever is accomplished by the next administration, it will help balance the budget so we, America can live without debt to other countries...don't want them to come take our home, even though much land has been purchased by foreign countries. I hope we don't swallow the world, though. Hugs. Dane Ann Login to Reply Paul Martin Date: 1/15/2017 4:22:00 PM Thanks for reading And commenting very Much appreciated