Eclipse

01/07/2025


So this is how history shifts,
	This turgid march to coronation day,
		Like a waking nightmare. 

Please, don’t watch the next, last inauguration, a
	Vast spectacle of pomp and ignorance,
		We have been lied to long enough.

Rue instead the failed Republic, that we
Turned over the keys to the kingdom
		To a sleazy chump, a cabal of cheats 
			And thieves, megalomaniacs and zealots,
	Felons, imbeciles, and kiss-ass millionaires,
Worst that I’ve ever seen. Worst there’s been.

But we are Americans, and it’s worth noting
That in sixty-eight, resistance brought down LBJ,
And in seventy-four, our government
Removed Nixon from office, 
Due in large part to an independent media,
Overturning a 
Landslide election.

Seven days of sanity remain.
Let us build our resistance
To this existential threat.
The planet itself
Waits.