My sorrow does not come
from the loss of an election.
Sorrow bubbles up and pulls down
faith and hope and trust in
legal and constitutional protection
for the progressive direction
we moved, pushing hate aside,
within the blue bubble
where I reside,
within a gerrymandered state
full of Christo-fascist pride.
Court protection is now
too often set aside.
Criminal leaders with immunity
can now act with impunity
to destroy an entire nation,
indeed a free world.
Greed acts with such speed
to push grace and care aside.
And truth is destroyed
by incessantly repeated lies.
My sorrow does not come
from watching my nation die.
It comes from watching
fellow citizens kill my beloved nation
Right before my eyes.
And the worst part of it all is,
that it is not a surprise.
I have watched a predator party
stalk us creatures of democracy
my whole life.
The day I most feared
is no longer just a nightmare.
It is the reality of imminent strife.
I cannot simply smile and reach out,
asked to shake hands with voters
with blood on their hands,
when I want to shout “traitors!”
I think of all who died to protect
and defend my country, my best friend,
I cannot stand to watch cruelty up-end
a nation now at-sea, afloat on lies
that all is at is has always been
after an election.
The desperation of a nation
tears at the soul within.
The soul of each and every American,
until America is dead and buried,
so that rich oligarchs can feed
their need for power and control.
Citizens United has long been on a roll
to knock down all opposition,
and watch weak Americans fold
their cards and lose their last hand.
Such sorrow, I fully understand.
annarino writes 
LETTER TO GEORGE WASHINGTON
Dear George,
I write to you
with unfortunate news.
The position you first held
as leader of our new nation
is no more.
The “mister” you insisted
was to be your title,
one you proudly wore,
has been put aside.
“Mister” President is now free
to commit crimes
with immunity.
You put your sizable fortune,
your very life,
your sacred honor
on the line
to create a new nation
where no man is divine.
Each “mister” can be
charged with a crime,
presumed innocent
until found guilty at trial.
All evidence subject to review;
no hiding behind position.
No man above the law.
Until now.
The king you and your patriots
deposed is back in charge.
I mourn the useless
suffering and death at Valley Forge.
The Robert’s Court
threw you, your men and all of us
under the despotic, greedy bus
of those as wealthy as you
and our Founding Fathers were.
They do not use their power of wealth
as you did…for us.
They use theirs with stealth
to rule with absolute immunity
of positional power.
They destroy our nation hour by hour.
We can no longer question
the acts in which crime’s plans are mentioned.
Such Republicans have wrought
what King George the Third could not;
The destruction of our democracy,
and replaced it with autocracy.
My dearest George.
Our republic will soon be no more.
Please pray for us,
I most sincerely implore.
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