Sniff, sniff. What is that smell?
Is it him who exudes that tell
Of his character that he will sell?
That the former presidential counterfeit
Smells of ketchup, butt, and armpit
An ex-GOP lawmaker did admit.
Is it pleasant? They say not.
Everything he has, he ill got.
An honest bone is not to be found in his lot.
So, what does Trump expel
That he cannot quell?
It can only be his corruption that we smell.
I wish not to be the president
For I shall not sleep at wish
I wish not to be the lawmaker
For I may break them
I wish not to be a judge
My son may be docked before me
I wish not to be a priest
I might not heal the sick
I wish not to be an actor
Someone might call me indecent
I wish not to be a teacher
I might teach outdated principles
I wish not to be an executor
I might execute someone for a crime
I also committed some time ago
All I wish is to be me
Living life as it unfolds
Think of George Orwell's Animal Farm
"All animals are equal but some claim
More equal than the other"
Out of a sow's ear
A silk purse can't be made, all the same.
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Honorable Mention
Contest: Citizens or Subjects
Political science...In other words
The study of who gets what, where, when and
Why. Striking a balance of one accord
Between the individuals demands,
Societies, and governmental needs.
At least that's how it's supposed to work.
The means that justifies the end, indeed!
Then why can not the workers obtain perks
That government gets at workers expense?
Who calculates the greed along the way?
Surely, not the worker, that's common sense.
Where does the finger of blame point today?
The onus for this imperfect science
Is the lawmaker minus his conscience.
That was quite a scene at the state senate, alright,
when a lawmaker-turned-thug went out for a fight,
hitting a fellow lawmaker on the side of the head,
though no power in his punch, not requiring Band Aid.
Was that an uppercut, jab, straight or maybe a left hook?
seen from the sideline it wasn’t one for the boxing book!
looked like it was more a harmless pinch, a tiny scratch,
from a sissy imagining he was in a heavyweight match.
Well, it showed exactly what a moron would not do,
especially when losing he is bound to kill and screw you;
for there is really nothing off limits to him, no, none at all,
a dirty fighter for all seasons, whether in summer or fall.