Going It Alone

Deep in the heart of Texas there’s a governor who struts
Around demanding border walls no ifs or ands or buts
Because Trump’s wall down there went bust without Mexican pay
He’s taken it upon himself to build one anyway
And that means that he has to find alternate chunks of dough
And so if Mexico won’t pay why not New Mexico?

New Mexico borders on Texas, Oklahoma too

As does Louisiana, so that’s three states he can screw

Because somebody has to pay to keep drug traffic out

And Texas can’t do it alone, of that he has no doubt

So Abbott’s sure if he demands his border states chip in

He can preserve his state’s budget to fight fake votes and sin.

But to protect Texas his wall must encircle his state

Which will cost a lot because its landmass is very great

Since evil caravans can enter it from every side

So his three border states may run from him but cannot hide

From his demands for wall money because each side’s a threat

And you can just imagine what each will tell him, I bet.

This poem is a small exercise in rhyming fantasy

About how dumb Republicans consequences don’t see

That result from dumb things they do and say to maintain power

Within their states in which they strut and whine and in fear cower

America may split apart due to dumb things they’re doing

And if does states they split from won’t pay for their self-screwing.

 11 June 2021

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