I am sad and oh so tired. I am embarrassed by my government, and by the people who still blindly support Donald Trump, the budget balancing, peace loving, God fearing, family values Republicans. I am outraged by the obvious and blunt attempt by Trump to co-opt the world oil industry. Money is being made by a few, hand over fist. They have the power and Trump served them, not We The People. It all wears me out.
Trump is holding the world hostage. Meanwhile, U.S. oil companies get to charge the world price, inflated by the closure of Hormuz. Follow the money. The super rich are only getting richer, at our expense. Worldwide, particularly among our strongest allies, Trump is seen as a greater threat to world stability than Vladimir Putin.
Others on bigger stages say much the same thing to much larger audiences. All of us have the general problem of speaking to the choir, though that choir does seem to be growing slowly. It doesn't change the power structure in America, nor does it change the minds of those in power who might be able to do anything to check Donald J. Trump. So, I have been pretty quiet of late. In fact, my voice in my golden years might just take up a more joyous banner. So let this be both a transition and a parting shot.
Trump’s Legacy
Great man,
Great and terrible,
Dreaming and believing
All your dreams,
History will spit
On your grave
And your dreams
Of gold and glory
And admiration
Will rot beside you,
Bones to dust
To hated bones.
