Presidential Timber by Dennis Allen Lange

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It seems that from the taller trees
…Comes presidential timber.
Israel’s first king stood out –
…‘Twas Saul, if you remember.

There’s been a run of six foot men
…This nation has elected.
If we cannot look up to some,
…Those are the ones rejected.

It seems that female chances, then,
…Of winning are quite narrow
Since few of them are ostrich tall
…And closer to a sparrow.

And same for that short fellow who
…Has/spends a lot of money.
If he wore elevator shoes,
…His outcome might be sunny.

He might as well go home, recline,
…Light cigars with his dollars.
He has to come up taller than
…The tall ones’ necks and collars.

As each aspirant’s views are scanned,
…Subconsciously we measure
How far into the clouds he stands
…To find a redwood treasure.

So looking up to candidates
…Is double in its senses.
To come up short in either one
…Has highest consequences.

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Mike Bloomberg 5’8″
Elizabeth Warren 5’8″
Bernie Sanders 6’0″
Joe Biden 6’0″
Donald Trump 6’3″

King Saul of Israel – “he was taller than any of the people
…from his shoulders upward” (I Sam.10:23)

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© Dennis Allen Lange, 2020.

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The Conspiracist by Dennis Allen Lange

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(with apologies to Joyce Kilmer)

I think that I shall never see
Something that’s not a conspiracy.

One whispered in my hungry ear,
Far more than what things first appear.

A conspiracy to ruin the day,
That only God and I can say.

Woe! Everywhere’s conspiracy,
Beneath each rock and ev’ry tree!

Its evil permeates the air
Like snakes writhe in Medusa’s hair.

Men dream conspiracies for fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

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photo by Michael and Christa Richert
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Dividing Us And Them For Him by Dennis Allen Lange

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A Bernie Sanders always runs
And fires his liberal ways and guns
At people who are rich – they’re few.
And Bernie’s good at counting, too.
He knows there are far more of “us”
Who think that taxing them’s a plus.
So if he spreads their wealth around
‘Twixt pollies and the “us” that’s down,
Why, there’s not many millionaires –
So of those fewer votes, who cares?
Not Bernie and the liberal crowd;
They buy the votes so they’re allowed
To rise to power, eat the cream,
And suck the life from our bloodstream
While lifelong pollies they remain
And nation, WE, writhes still in pain.
So Bernie counts the larger vote
While knowing that the “us” won’t note,
While knowing that the “us” can’t count
That those few millionaires about
Can’t possibly bear all the load
That Bernie promised on the road.
If he’s elected, then we’ll see
That Bernie promised lyingly,
Or Bernie gives and follows through
But also taxes me and you!

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Shortness That Matters by Dennis Allen Lange

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They’re saying that Bloomberg is lacking
In stature, his shortness attacking.
…But better short man
…Than shortness of plan
For that, we should all send him packing.

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We Wish We Knew by Dennis Allen Lange

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As of today, impeachment now is PAST! –
One party vows that it will carry on.
One party vows that it will make it last.
As of today, impeachment now is past?
So it is certain how the die is cast.
Or maybe not. I hear the nation groan.
As of today, impeachment must be past.
Both parties vow that they will carry on.

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POLITICAL! by Dennis Allen Lange

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Political! Impeach him, they’re saying
Including four senators staying
…To vote to remove
…The one they reprove,
Against whom they’re running and naying.

Hypocrisy much? More than a mere touch.
For Dems, though, their politics is such.
…For three years they plotted,
…By their hate besotted.
Their anger at losing remains much.

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His Initials by Dennis Allen Lange

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I see them – MLK – and think of milk.
Smooth chocolate, that is, and tongue that’s silk.

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Antifa by Dennis Allen Lange

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The Brown Shirts, the Klu Klux – both losers,
And so is Antifa, the bruisers.
…They’re wearing a hood;
…They’re up to no good.
The Left is for those thugs excusers.

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photo by Carptrash – I, Einar Kvaran, took the picturePreviously published: none, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80084419

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None Can Tell Him The Truth by Dennis Allen Lange

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Kim rules as an evil harsh master
Which will, in the end, bring disaster.
…His yes men must say,
…“We’ll beat USA.”
And lies will flow bigger and faster.

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Sonnet 130 – San Francisco by Dennis Allen Lange

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I thank you, God: You heard Your servant’s prayer,
My earnest plea that You hold back Your wrath
Upon the wicked city You will tear
To pieces by the seam that makes its path

Across its rotten flesh and wicked heart,
Whose mouth declares that You approve its sin,
That You approve the unborn ripped apart,
That You approve that men would lie with men.

And when Your fury shakes their darkest day,
I’m praying now that sinful men will know
That hea’en above and trembling earth below
Agreed upon the devastating blow.

I am no longer praying for delay;
Perhaps their cup of wrath is full today.

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