The Great Divide

Biden’s speech last night was a real wonder to behold
Something in it for everyone, none left out in the cold
But all must do their fair share, he said, to set things aright
And that includes the 1% who feel no real tax bite

Plus background checks on guns and letting dreamers’ dreams come true
And other policies designed to help us all get through.
 

It’s hard to argue when unity is a common goal

Unless you’re a Republican privilege - preserving troll

Slouching towards a future that you know does not much hold

White privilege if legal voting leaves it in the cold

And so the trolls sat stoney - faced and did not stand or clap

Because the words they heard did not their white dominance back.

The cameramen did a great job focusing on each troll

Reacting to Biden’s speech as if up their ass a pole

Had been inserted so far they sat there uncomfortably

Scowling behind masks showing mad eyes for all to see

When thunderous applause rang out from the Democrat side

They squirmed and angrily schemed ways to brush Dem goals aside.

After the speech Uncle Tim, the only Black they’ve got

Represented whites who would in the past have him shot

He claimed that everything was peachy for his family 

Which proved that the Republicans are caring as can be

As long as tax hikes are withheld and trickle down’s kept up

In every pot will be placed chickens on which poor can sup.

Harry Truman once said something that’s forgotten now

He summarized two parties that in separate gardens plough

One party helps those who need help and lends a helping hand

The other helps those who don’t because their net worth is grand

We’re down to that divide once more, post-Trump more viciously

As helping hand dreams battle schemes that keep rich whites wealthy.

 29 April 2021

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