Liberty Fails. And Jesus Weeps.

By: JANA GREENE

This morning, before the sun even rises, I am proper grieving for my daughters and granddaughter.

The election is over. The political ads will stop. Obnoxious snake oil salesmen will cease screaming at us through our television screens.. The mass mailings, like so much kindling for fire, will cease to stuff our mailboxes.

And we should be glad for that, at least. But we aren’t afforded that pleasure. There is no pleasure to be had at the feet of bullies and liars.

Old white men triumph, which should surprise none of us. We should be able to take a breath now, but instead we are gasping for air.

Tyranny has won. Hatred has its day.

I seem to remember reading in the very same ancient texts he used to pander to the people that evil will ultimately prosper on this plane of existence.

And so it is, as according to prophets and sages.

And Jesus wept.

They’re Eating the Dogs! – a little (Dr. Seuss-style poetry jam)

A friend challenged me to write a Dr. Seuss rhyme about the immigrant / pet eating Trump kerfluffle, and I think I understood the assignment.
(Also, Ollie knows he is a whole snack, but would like to remind you that he is mostly fat and fur.)

By: JANA GREENE

They’re eating the dogs,
They’re eating the cats,
And like Ozzy Osborne,
Prolly the bats.
Would they, could they
Make a frappe
From a house cat
(Or is that Trump’s toupee?)
We Americans,
The tall and the small,
‘Spose to lock up our pets,
Cats and dogs and all?
“Pass the horseradish sauce,”
The immigrants say.
“I feel like a beagle sandwich today!”
Green eggs and ham?
Nah, dog on toast.
Or Cat brûlée,
Or a hedgehog roast?
Don’t leave out the exotics,
What about meats
Made out of lizards
And pet parakeets?
Could Trump, would Trump,
Make America great,
By spewing venom,
And dishing out hate?
Making it up as he goes along,
where in the heck did it all go wrong?
He would not, could not
Serve up on a plate
basic decency in the debate.
And what happens, then?
Well in ‘Murica we say,
Trump’s small heart shrunk
three sizes that day.
Perhaps the real meaning
Of a patriot’s truth,
is that Harris showed the class
Of a leader, times two.

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