Overload 3 and 4

Overload-3

I do not doubt there are some   

who deserve to be thrown to the wolves. 

I do not doubt there are some 

completely out of touch, 

scandalously overpaid 

in salary, and respect,

who masquerade as representatives.    

I do not doubt that many are 

cowed by the bully-in-chief,  

concerned about their futures,    

refusing to do the right thing because 

it would imperil the life they’ve chosen. 

Cowards all.

Let us choose this time

the truth-tellers, the courageous, the dedicated, 
the servants of our nation, rather than 
the profiteers.

Overload-4

The United States is not the country 

of “one nation, indivisible, 

with liberty and justice for all.” 

That place does not exist. 

It probably never did. 

That was the goal. 

That was the promise. 

That was our job: 

to build that country.   

That pledge gives no timeline,  

nor does it define a straight line 

from the Constitutional Convention 

to where we stand today. 

We have been led astray.

We have lost that focus. 

We have forgotten 

that we move together 

or not at all.