for four very long years
a thick, blinding fog of hate
blanketed the landscape
from ocean to ocean
no one could escape
raging dark clouds above
suffocating liberal life below
returning us to an unequal past
ending decades of progress
with freedom to openly detest
minorities and immigrants
classism, sexism and racism
masking as right-wing populism
november 3rd arrived
resistance was on the line
to stop the right-wing tea party
la raza showed up in arizona
brothas and sistas turned out
in michigan, georgia & pennsylvania
the orange menace lost
biden and harris won
what a mega relief
this clown's election defeat
progressives can take a breath
after four hair-raising years
suffering from maga grief
a con's tsunami of lies
from morning to eve
a 24-hour media spectacle
celebration of mediocrity
feelings and certitude of ignorance
racist signaling day and night
to the low-melanin, christian base
from obama's birthergate
and 'grab 'em by the pussy'
to chants of 'lock her up'
and 'build that wall'
from a muslim travel ban
'people from shithole countries'
and mass roundups by ICE
to family separation at the border
putting children in cages
revoking protected status
for immigrants facing persecution
stopping asylum-seekers
and ending DACA
from 'good people on both sides'
leaving the paris accord
and environmental rollbacks
to ignoring the 'chinese plague'
and 'stop the steal'
the buffoon dance is over
after taking a deep breath
the left must begin to agitate
organize like never before
because the populist tea party is ongoing
70 million raging maga dancers
await another bigoted pied piper
who can play them the same tune
