20170224 (small-souled)

"Don't worry," said Dump. "You're a woman. I'll tell you what you think."

The petty and pusillanimous Dump,

Unwilling to consider his errors,

Goes through the day assured by a 

Retinue of yes-people that his

Lolling in waves of false praise

And his ignorant rages are all

Justified—nay more, admirable,

And in keeping with the finest of

Human thought and sentiment—

Unquestioned by none but the

Sore losers in politics and life

Who do so only out of jealousy

Of his success and achievement.

Betsy DeVos, a woman of whom

One might have imagined some 

Substance when reports had her

Refusing to support reversion of

The guidelines that allowed

Transgendered youngsters to 

Enjoy ordinary human comfort

In one of the most intimate of 

Bodily functions while in

School, caved at the suggestion

Of the attorney general that she

Could adhere to her principles

Or to her new cabinet position

But not both: “Throw the Transies

Under the bus. Get out or stay

With us,” might have been one 

Way for them to say it. Pushover--

That’s what you wanted and that’s

What you got. No heroes here but

Daddy Dump. Cue up the tough

Guys, congressmen home for the

Recess, eager to hear from their

Districts, their states, about how

Wonderfully they’re doing now

That a new administration’s at

Least partially in place. What? 

They won’t go to town halls to

Listen directly? Fearful of angry

Crowds who might start shooting.

They should have taken the 

Threat of "guns too easy to get"

More seriously. Look at Gabby

Giffords, they complain—half

Her brain gone and she counsels

Courage in the face of grizzlies—

Not much left for her to lose—

But we could be killed for 

Planning to eliminate care that

Saved some of their daughters,

Their moms. It’s almost as bad

As having to answer impertinent

Questions from an unruly press.

“We want only softballs from

Sycophants and cheering from

Toadies,” Sean Spicey chants.

“No soup for you, NYT, CNN and

Fellow travelers.” Do they at all

Realize how what’s not been sold

Of their integrity is being eaten 

By Dump’s dogs?

c. 2017, J.S.Manista