If Republicans take control of the House.
McCarthy promises Putin wins.
Not just in Ukraine,
to whom McCarthy says he will refuse aid
which we now give to fight off blood and bone Russians
using real Iranian drones and North Korean missiles.
Worse or not, McCarthy also refuses
to fight Russians within,
hidden behind the faces of Republicans
who spout Russian lies
while taking Russian cash
to increase adds to propagandize
and fill their pockets.
“Oh! What tangled web we weave
when first we practice to deceive.”
A refrain that never ends;
not with Trump, nor Guiliani, nor Rubio,
nor Lindsey, nor Dewine, nor La Rose, nor Yost,
nor so many others, too numerous to list
who would sell their souls
for a dollar or a ruble…
or simply….re-election.
Such a defection to the other side
is not partisan politics.
That died long ago.
The defection is to Russia
and autocrats who control
all the wealth and power
they can lay hands on,
as if blessed by the hands of Christian nationalists
such as Flynn, and preachers like him,
who protests women’s control in privacy
which expands to every human right
which threatens us with autocrats’ control.
Go vote, for Putin. Vote Republican!
And soon, you will need to hide
not just your money and your pride
but your women and your children;
you know, those you think you own.
You don’t and never have.
They are not yours to give away.
But, they are yours to protect.
But, it seems I forget
you stopped that long ago.
annarino writes 