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There Ought to Be

5/13/2017

 

There ought to be a hiring freeze
    On white men to be judge
Like Gorsuch with his golly gees
    And his wink wink nudge nudge.

There never was a good ol' boy
    Quite uninformed as he,
For immaturity’s not coy,
    In clumsy filigree.

Yet, worse than white, a man who serves
    The corporate plutocrats,
Who once for mercy never swerves,
    Employees viewed as rats.

He’d rather see a trucker die
    Or risk calamity
Than wait for safety to come by:
    The truth won’t set you free.

The worst besmirchment like a lien
    Upon hizzoner’s soul
Was to obtain through means obscene
    His prize upon the dole.

These white men they just out of touch
    And they don’t give a damn,
Though cunningly approved by such
    As Mitch from Alabam.


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