Mondays Come and Go

Mondays come and go 

now there are only three to go

then two more before he's sentenced 

when he'll disdain the prison yard

with no great show of repentance

 

So, Mondays come and go and only three to go

what will be his next distraction?

He’s swaying to his favorite songs

lost in self-delusion

king of Elon’s X-rated world

misinformed confusion

 

Soon only one to go as Mondays always must

before his deeds come home to roost

when he'll strut around the prison yard

damning the judge with every trudge

with a court of special agents

assuring him a good reaction

what will be his next distraction?

Dick Russell © Richard M Russell

                        2024

 

 When in Rome

 

 

When the three men who would rule took the stage

all three: felon financier and freak

of fortune, a rich man poor of principals

in thrall to power, we saw being conjured

before our eyes by slyly woven tissues of brazen lies

a new kind of ism resisting definition.

Mass delusion manufactured by mercenaries

propelled through media by an immigrant

a man wanting to one day conquer Mars

standing next to a would-be Jupiter

an all-white triumvirate fostering fear

of immigrants even legal residents if black.

A new kind of ism, many shades of truth

peddled by a felon financier and freak

frightened of consequences when voters speak

Dick Russell © Richard M Russell

                   2024

When Push Comes to Shove

When push comes to shove

words from above

drove

things hot on the stove

When push comes to shove

standing on the brink

staring hard at those that provoked this

We know who you are

We see you clearly

Oppressors

Criminals

Tunnel burrowers

Financiers

Self-justifiers

Cowards 

When push comes to shove

An iron fist in a soft glove

driven

hard from above

may bring love

it’s often the case

you’ll fall in love with hate

it’s often that way on TV

so why not a romance

instead of a death dance

that script won’t play in Peoria

something about death brings on euphoria

when push comes to shove

standing eye to eye

there’s no hatchet to bury

that would soothe our enmity

when push comes to shove

we will 

Dick Russell © Richard M Russell

                         2024