Bearing Witness to the Times: Dealer of the White House

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Dealer of the White House

(To the tune of “Master of the House” from Les Misérables)

Dealer of the White House

Believe me, I can charm

Ready with a handshake

(If you're not like Mom*).

Tweeting out the tales

Making quite a stir

Voters seem to like a little flying fur.

Glad to do a friend a favor,

Putin says I’m really smart.

I can bring it all together,

Everything except a little heart.

Dealer of the White House

Herder of the cats

Signing orders everywhere

For this and that.

Rallying the base

(It’s really kind of fun)

While I take away the safety net from everyone.

Tell the crowd I’m gonna fix things,

Make ‘em think they’ve got a friend

Tell ‘em anything they like

But you know I’m gonna fleece ‘em in the end.

Yes I’m the Dealer of the White House,

Best there’s ever been.

Got a crazy plan

To really do us in.

Tweak a little here

Take a little there

Making sure the corporations get their share.

Take away the arts and learning

Build a lot of bombs and walls

You can make the country great

Or you can prop it up before it falls.

Yeah, you can make the country great
Or you can prop it up before it falls!

                                                        ~ CK

President Trump meets with German Chancellor Merkel in the Oval Office
  Friday, March 17, 2017.(AP photo by Evan Vucci )

*"No Oval Office Handshake Between Trump, Merkel"

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From my introductory post:

The best thing that poets can do is to bear witness to the times – articulate what is happening in the moment; speak to the real life experiences of your people.  I am setting myself a goal to write a poem each week that reflects what I see and experience in the life of our nation... if I can write one poem a week there will be some chronicle of our sacred/tested/doubtful union.

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