Poem: This Is Not America

This Is Not America

Malicious face of twisted rage

Blindly led to disengage

From fact or logic or reasoned thought

A sense of truth is nary sought

This is not America

Demagogue screams fitful venom

Behold, amassed, the mindless plenum

Fascist bent, tempestuous crowd

Empty slogans, yet shouted loud

Diversity their greatest fear

Boogeymen are always near

Through bigot’s voice and rapist’s mark

Republic’s light will fade to dark

This is not America

Lies, corruption, a swamp of fraud

Spew the hate, buffoons applaud

Tearing down foundation’s core

The GOP, a loathsome whore

In Donald Trump they found their muse

Mendacious scoundrel, perverted views

If this is our road of choice

And scales of justice lost a voice

Then this is not America

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