Jokers Wild

A Work in Progress
60

So, one of the nine 

slipped a trump card 

into the decision deck 

a get out of jail free card

for breaking the law what the heck

a reusable get out of jail card

used to trump Jack Smith

overt legal power 

immunity

the shape of things to come

awake to the rule of kings

with divine right and then some

for lives can be made forfeit 

estates proscribed

just as was once described

So, six of the nine

stacked the card deck

installed a de facto King

even though elections weren't over

afraid of what elections bring

the voice of the people heard over

bigots wanting serfs again

So, three of the nine

chose freedom

showed courage to stand up

three women standing for millions

most of the country knows what's up

five men and Amy driven by billions

dollars hiding from tax

polluters wanting regs lax

in November 

we found we’d been trumped

a convicted felon took the White House

enacted laws for those things he’d stumped

tax cuts tariffs deportations 

debt distractions anti-vaccinations

while his wealth accumulated

cashing in on crypto

digital coins a better way to bribe him

only he knows who has kicked in

media headlines chronicle corruption

picture him a sharpie cutting better deals

altering tariffs with the stroke of a pen

favoring countries that pay the best bribes

it’s the art of the deal to just walk away

Dick Russell © Richard M Russell

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