Toast Him with Wine

A Work in Progress
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Donal on the steps of Denny Hall playing his guitar...

When you’ve been trumped you play a long game

time’s on your side as all things decline

he must first succeed before he can fail

so, cheer on success and toast him with wine

each Senate vote is a base litmus test

he’s succeeded so far, he can fail at the bar

if five judges oppose him it hasn’t happened so far

he’s got them all thinking they must vote like the rest

not for the country not for what’s best

mostly for crypto capitalists

we dream of sixty vote impeachments

reality intrudes on reenactments

this time should there be a time 

we should make it stick

it will have to be quick

a bipartisan thing

when you’ve been trumped watch out for madmen

crazed with power and enabling a king

trading votes in order to pay homage 

unable to see their king’s gone ding-a-ling

when you’ve been trumped it’s just a defeat

victory comes when voters cast ballots

having seen a mad king and his court at work

next year the country will cast out some bigots

when you’ve been trumped you play a long game

for time’s on your side as all things decline

before he can fail, he must first succeed

so, cheer on success and toast him with wine

Dick Russell © Richard M Russell

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