FLOTUS on a Mission

 

"I really don't care. Do U?" Melania's coat read.

Wonder what was going through the First Lady's staff's head.

That is not the message that I'd think they'd want to send.

Even if the White House doesn't care, can't they pretend?

Donald Trump claims she was just expressing her disdain

For the "main-stream media" and not for children's pain.

That strikes me as just another presidential lie...

I don't trust a word he says but, if not that, then why?

Why on earth would anyone emblazon such a phrase

On their back? Their lack of sense continues to amaze.

That's the kind of thing I'd be expecting from a troll.

Never thought I'd live to see the FLOTUS in that role.

Suffer the Little Children...

(Photo courtesy of The Washington Post)

I've been hearing Donald Trump's supporters justify

Tearing little children from their parents when they try

Crossing at the U.S. border, hoping to obtain

Safety and asylum here...  They're making me insane.

How dare they start spouting scripture at me? In God's name

Have these so called "Christian people" got so little shame

That they'd countenance the use of children to advance

Funding for a border wall?  That seems to be their stance.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump keeps lying; blaming Democrats

And his friends on FOX have claimed the whiny, little brats,

Torn away from parents' arms are "acting" when they cry.

Is there nothing sacred to the folks who back this guy?

Ruining a Perfectly Nice Walk

I've been on the golf course twice this year...  It wasn't good.

I am old and out of practice; shanked my 7 wood.

Couldn't hit my driver straight - the ball kept going right,

Sailing off into the trees or rough and out of sight.

"Why would you keep playing golf?" I hear you asking me.

And, I must confess that it's a total mystery

Why someone would play a game that damages the soul...

Unless you have felt the joy of birdying a hole.

Once you've sunk a tricky putt or hit a pretty shot,

Playing "in the zone" - it is not easily forgot.

Which is how the golf gods suck you in but, once you are,

They will make you pay in sweat and tears for every par.

Even Tom Clancy Couldn't Make This Sh!t Up

 

Donald Trump's a thin-skinned bully who can dish it out

But can't take it; no clue what diplomacy's about.

He's attacking NATO and G7 (make that 6)

Allied nations - while excusing Russia's dirty tricks.

Trump's a raging bull inside a global China shop.

Now we're only waiting for the other shoe to drop.

He's flown off to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong-un...

Gee! What could go wrong with that?  I guess we'll find out soon.

Welcome to the new world order, a la Donald Trump;

One where the United States drops trou' and takes a dump

On the countries which have had our back for all these years.

Trump's A Clear and Present Danger - Sum of my worst fears.

Look Out World

 

I now clutch my brand new passport in my sweaty grip...

Empty pages beg for stamps; it's time to take a trip.

If he had his druthers, Mr. S. would rather stay

Here at home. He doesn't like to go too far away.

Luckily, my younger siblings have the travel bug...

When I start to feel the pull of distant places tug

One of them is sure to also want to come along;

Nice to be with those you love if anything goes wrong.

So, the only question left is where we ought'a go.

Brother wants Oktoberfest in Gemany, although

I've heard that it's crowded; filled with drunken college kids.

I think that I'd rather go and see the pyramids...

Or go on safari or to Italy or Spain -

See if rain is really falling mainly on the plain.

Maybe I can talk my younger brother into Rome.

We can find drunk college students staying here at home.

Goodbye Adam

 (The McCarthy Middle School talent contest version, Adam in a kilt, was better.)

I spent this year's Mother's Day at Adam Gregoire's wake.

It felt like a nightmare and I thought my heart would break

At the pictures of the boy who used to hang around...

Ate and slept here.  Yet, today, they'll lay him in the ground.

He was such a lovely boy; so funny but so sweet.

Taught our son to play guitar and how to keep a beat.

I can still remember them - in triumph on the stage.

Such a talent gone from us at far too young an age.

Both my sons attended with me and they made me proud

As we stood in line and waited with the massive crowd

Come to say goodbye and offer useless sympathy

And, like all but Adam's mom, thank God she wasn't me.

Journeying to The Tower

 

I am on a journey to The Tower; it's my third...

Which, you'd think, would mean I'd stop and savor every word;

Slow it down. No need to rush - I know how this all ends.

But, that's not the way that I'm re-reading them, my friends.

Once again, these tales of Roland's quest swept me away.

Right now I'm in Mejis but I'll finish there today.

I expect to reach the Calla later on tonight.

I can't seem to pace myself; I've given up the fight.

I'm all in. Absorbed (again) by Sai King's masterpiece.

Not until the journey's end will my obsession cease.

Therefore, you may not hear from me for a week or so.

Hope that you and yours stay well, but now I gotta go.