Poetry from Bruce Roberts

Abe, We Need You!

Lincoln said it—November 19, 1863—

GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania

“. . .the government of the people,

by the people, and for the people,

shall not perish from the earth.”

With these words—

inspiring, articulate, immortal–

Our elected President

 summed up America’s Civil War,

A massive effort to keep

America’s democracy

  Alive!

Yet today—161 years later—

America elects a convicted felon,

One who cares NOT

About America, NOT about democracy,

But only about himself.   

One whose words are Laughable,

Mean, Bumbling, immoral.

One who surrounds himself NOT

With experts dedicated

to the American people,

But with loyalists,

Dedicated ONLY to him,

With very minimal

Legitimate qualifications

For their governmental assignments.

After all these years, can our Founding Fathers

Still roll over in their graves?

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