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Wake Up America

Transmogrify the sensationalist An astute ableism of absolution and idiocy Divine demeaning meanings demoralizing democracy Through persuasive procrastination and promiscuity Festering fragmented feelings forgiven for failing Jailing juveniles jealously just for jokes Writing worrisome wit without witnesses to worry Original orange and ornate operations While whittling away wisdom in the White House Tear apart traditionalism and tribalism Innocent eyes are protuberant eyes Observing awful atrocities at times absently Transmogrify the sensationalist That sensationalist is now president Sitting on a throne of falsities and blatant lies Reject form and comprehension of standardized realities Garnish lies with a touch of fear And it's gourmet for the uneducated Saunter and swagger through scandal All the while destroying those who granted you platform Normal is abnormal and abnormal is normal Forget saving the system we must destroy it And build it back up from scratch IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP AMERICA WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! Transmogrify the sensationalist And even the devil blushes Transmogrify the sensationalist By waking up America WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! It's time to wake up, America!

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 11/28/2018 10:31:00 AM

Why do you have to be so educated? Do you not know that the Anti-Christ for some has become Earth's Jesus to others? I am weirded out by this poem, for it will not and cannot change their I-want-to-keep-my-money-and-the-heck-with-everyone-else's minds. I seriously doubt that the bulk of the fervent supporters of Earth's Jesus can read, but those who do, do not read, for the misogynist bully doesn't, and he is their Earth-God. I do think it's a terrific start, so thank you my friend.