TIME'S UP, a poem

Donald, your dream fulfilled:

your name sadly is on

every cable news show

in tribute or dismay

So, time to leave

Donald, you have spent

your presidency

in ugly twittering

shrinking the USA

So, time to leave

Prior presidents spent

all their time in office

dealing with grave problems,

not spellbound by cable

so, time to leave

BEDTIME, a poem

       

Lying abed, unable to sleep,

          gripped by this nightly discomfort

          I want to slip into the void

hoping for interesting dreams

Counting my breathes to plunge

me into a night land

brimming with adventures

for my uncontrolled mind

On awakening in morning

ofttimes recalling unbidden dreams

          with pleasure or some disquiet

          Lying abed, unable to rise

         

         

         

UNFORTUNATELY FDR, a poem

         There is plenty to fear

          He might be reelected

          along with the peril

of reshaping America

into what he awfully is

Oh, if only we could

call forth our giants

from the other side

to guide us again

to a decent America

George Washington

Benjamin Franklin

Teddy Roosevelt

Abraham Lincoln

Franklin Delano Roosevelt