I started writing this song (as a means of stress relief) after we learned his regime was caging immigrant children.
I kept adding more verses to it every time his crimes drew public outrage yet again!
Today I added my final (or second to final, perhaps) verse to the song.
It’s a postlude about what has happened over the past week.
I hope that the FBI and Capitol Police are finally taking their jobs and this threat seriously (and that the treasonous co-conspirators amongst the Capitol Police, Congressional Republicans and Pentagon are quickly removed from duty pending investigation and trials) so that the MAGA promised additional attacks and insurrection on our Capitol and our democracy are quickly and effectively put down without any additional loss of life.
I look forward to Biden’s presidency with great anticipation of the restoration of the rule of law, the purging of dRumpf’s treasonous and psychotic criminal appointees, grifters and cultists from our federal government, a renewal of our diplomacy and cooperation with our allies, a return of pride in our government and leadership, a sane and scientifically sound plan to gain control over the spread of dRumpf’s genocidal plague and the deaths it is still causing in ever increasing numbers, a sane and scientifically sound plan to reverse climate crisis, and eventually, a return to normal life and less drama from our elected leaders.
I pray we are all still here to welcome the day when we can resume our normal activities and relationships without risking our lives.
An Open Letter to Trump
written by bethann
(sung to a calypso beat — imagine the sound of steel drums, and perhaps a ukulele, in the background)
Refrain (sung before, after and between each verse):
I’m not tryin’ to get in your face
or invade your personal deep space,
but here you are on my turf
despoiling the Earth.
You really need to back off, you jack-off.
Get real, or get out of the way.
‘Cause no-one wants to play
in your sandbox today!
Verse 1:
You are vile, you are cruel,
and you think you can rule
like a third rate banana despot.
You put children in cages,
and that really enrages
anyone who is not a bigot.
Verse 2:
You deny what is real
as you’re trying to steal
what Americans fought to preserve.
You tell lies to distract
while the Russians still hack.
One day you’ll get just what you deserve!
Verse 3:
Your nepotistic appointments
are not “Caesar’s anointments”.
You are not immune under our laws!
Investigations are working
to uncover your jerking,
so democracy’s only on “pause”.
Verse 4:
As the people cry out,
you sow hatred and doubt,
tryin’ to change what we all think and feel.
But your circus of hate
won’t stand up to the state
when convictions get suddenly real!
Verse 5:
You gave science short shrift
and used the COVID to grift,
as you stood telling lie after lie.
You let the plague run its course, as
you withheld health resources,
and our people continued to die!
Verse 6:
We’re just trying to seek justice,
but you sent soldiers to bust us,
and abused all the president’s power.
You court gun nuts and racists,
then sic cops to shoot and mace us,
while you hide in your bunker and cower.
Verse 7:
Your diplomacy’s lacking.
You sought enemy backing,
as you trashed all our former allies.
You broke treaties and contracts,
and blackmailed foreign contacts,
tryin’ to steal a political prize!
Verse 8:
Your huge grift is outrageous,
and your treason’s contagious,
all while Putin’s still pulling your strings.
But the people have spoken
and our courage awoken.
So we’ll see what November’s vote brings!
Verse 9 (POSTLUDE) [new verse]:
You incited sedition
tryin’ to thwart your rendition,
but the voters made one thing quite clear:
All the treason you’re yellin’
will soon make you a felon.
Then the whole world will all clap and cheer!
These videos are not the melody for my song, but they should help get you into the calypso mood!