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Author: Cedric McClester
Poetry
MOURNING IN AMERICA
We're mourning in America
We have a right to grieve
The level of his incompetence
Is not to be believed
We’re approaching four years in
But what has he achieved?
With a sense of permanence
That sooner or later won’t leave
We're mourning in America
Because he’s so ill suited
For the office that he holds
I think he should be booted
And I can’t help but lament the fact
That our tax dollars have been looted
When it comes to the pandemic
The experts have been muted
We're mourning in America
Because we’re under a pall
And his slow response to the Covid-19
Is responsible most of all
But he uses it as an excuse
For the present economic stall
And he’s in cahoots with those who say
Where we go one go all
We're mourning in America
Take a look around
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LIL’ WAYNE
Lil’ Wayne
Has gone insane
He’s backingTrump
The black man’s bane
I know Wayne’s not
A human being
But I can’t believe
What I’m seeing
Lil’ Wayne
Has gone mad
He lost the street cred’
That he had
If it wasn’t so sick
It would be sad
To see him
Reaching out for dad
Lil’ Wayne
Just ain’t the same
And I don’t know
Who’s to blame
He backs Trump
Please explain
Hasn’t he caused us
Enough pain?
Lil’ Wayne
All up in the frame
Smiling with Trump
Like it’s a game
What it is
Is a crying shame
Guess that’s the price
He’s pays fo...
I’M QUARANTINED
I’m quarantined
Time passes slow
And I’m running
Out of dough
How far does a dollar go?
What the future holds
I don’t know?
Life’s become a real shit show
I’m quarantined
Can’t leave my house
I’m keeping company
With a mouse
I’m about to get
Myself soused
If God willing
I can stay housed
Thousands share
My sentiment
I can’t pay my
Monthly rent
And my landlord
Seems hell-bent
In kicking me out
He’s thatl intent
I don’t bother
Getting dressed
Speaking truthfully
I’m too depressed
And I don’t have
A job no less
But that you might...
HE KILLS YOU
I know he thrills you
While he also kills you
So will you still go
To the Trump Rodeo?
We’d like to know
It’s not a James Brown show
Where fans have to go
In the rain or snow
I know he turns you on
But enough to mourn
Long after he is gone?
Cuz you lost your senses
And paid the consequences
Of the virus spread
Hear what I said?
You could well be dead
What’s so fascinating
His style of debating
That most are hating?
Or is it his coiffure
Maybe it’s much more
Than how he wears his hair
That brings you there
Just to be fair
But whatever it is
The man is like the wiz
I’m talking square biz
Cuz people are hurting
And...
FACTORY JOBS
Factory jobs
Ain’t coming back
Unfortunately
That’s a salient fact
Trump’s statements to the contrary
He needs to retract
It won’t happen by fiat
That’s presidentially backed
Factory jobs?
I’ve got news
Have gone out of style
Like high buttoned shoes
Stop lying to the people
You’re not Howard Hughes
You haven’t created a thing
Nor have you paid dues
Factory jos
Let’s shed a tear
Are past icons
From yesteryear
All but vanished
As they disappear
They no longer exist
As you might fear
Factory jobs?
Mr.President please!
We need a hand
To get off of our knees
You don’t wanna confront
HIS CONSTANT DICTUM
By: Cedric McClester
We hear him complain
They spied on his campaign
But the fact still remains
Finding the proof is his bane
Because as much as he insists
The proof doesn’t exist
So we’re left to ask why
He keeps telling us that lie?
Simply put it’s a deflection
He’s a master of misdirection
And it reveals his imperfection
According to a cross section
Of everyone who has been polled
Who’ve counted the lies he’s told
And if I may be so bold
It tends to leave them cold
See his constant dictum
Seems to be that he’s a victim
Of some existential plot
But what proof (have we got)
We who’ve been bereft
Have a need to catch our breath
Long after he has...
DROPPING LIKE FLIES
By: Cedric McClester
They’re dropping like flies
Wherever he appears
But we have a president
Who never cares
About the consequences of
The actions that he dares
While acting as if
He’s unawares
There’s only one thing
That he’s focused on
Getting reelected so
He isn’t gone
From the spotlight that
He’s coveted all along
He’s a weak president
Who projects like he’s strong
Meanwhile he talks about
Having turned the corner
While there’s an increased need
For a local coroner
He blame the pandemic on
A far eastern foreigner
And manages the virus
As if he’s a warrener
The fact of the matter is
He&r...