Unconflicted

When things finally calm down a bit I think I’ll take a break
I’ve had about as much conflict as even I can take
Each day the things I do and say lead to increasing strife
And so perhaps I should calm down and strive to be more nice.

HA! AS IF!! Don’t hold your breath, America, you fool
You never will see ME “calm down”, that’s not the way I rule
I stir the pot incessantly, all conflict I condone
While ONLY I ALONE sit unconflicted on MY throne.

As long as controversy’s swirling I know I’m alive
I live to keep conflict a-buzzing like an angry hive
It’s so much fun dividing people and taking no blame
And now that I can divide nations MY power’s insane!

Expect no respite from MY daily conflict-causing strife
There’s no way to “control” the anger that controls MY life
On the day that I was born MY mental gears got stuck
The only gear besides anger I have is “run amok”.

And that is why each day is more strife-driven than the last
By gathering rage around ME and flinging it out fast
I’m driving daily conflict ‘cross MY nation endlessly
Instead of “draining” swamps I’ve filled them up from sea to sea.

24 June 2018