Straight Flush

Republicans can’t win unless the voting deck they stack
Because ideas of governance they so completely lack

So naturally they block voting reform, to ring that bell

Would have become for them over time a ringing death knell
Because as Ike said they’ve a non-party conspiracy

Maintaining power by means counter to democracy.

To hold on to the power they stack the deck to maintain

All voting reform attempts they must flush straight down the drain 

There to follow whatever moral compass they had

If indeed they ever had one before things got so bad

Dear leader was their catalyst that brought things to this head

But long before his con appeared their compass had dropped dead.

Where things go next depends on where the Democrats will go

Because from the Republicans all we will get is ‘no’

Which has become the go-to word they go to every time

The Dems attempt their vote suppression tactics to unwind

Without filibuster reform vote reform’s bound to fail

As over each attempt Republican flush sounds prevail.

23 June 2021

Senate Republicans block voting rights reform bill despite unified Democratic support https://flip.it/bkMNMg

A bill destined to fail may now spawn more plausible options https://flip.it/TXZ2B0