While listening to the Maddow/Parnas interview, I was struck by his reference to the cult like petri dish that is the Trump Hotel in D.C.. The interview ended and I was inspired to poetic protest and prayer. Thanks to The Eagles for the framework.
To the tune of “Hotel California.”
HOTEL TRUMPLEVANIA
R. Riker and WTF Productions
In a dark Senate chamber, with his cult gathered there
Warm smell of impeachment rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My heart grew hopeful but we all still ask:
Can his cult do what’s right?
There he stood in the doorway:
I heard conviction’s knell
And I was thinking to myself
This could be heaven or this could be hell.
Then he started tweeting and obstructing the way
There were voices in the corridors
I thought I heard them say
Welcome to the Hotel Trumpelvania
Such toxic place, (lacking truth and grace)
What a bright orange face.
Plenty of room at the Hotel Trumpelvania
For the past 3 years (through the boos and cheers) you can find them here
Their minds are corrupt and twisted, they’ve got “the means to an end”
He’s got lots of snaky thieves and crooks that he calls friends.
How they grovel and sell out, sycophants all
No thought for the future, they just want to play ball.
So we call on the Senate
“The truth to us , please bring”
They said, “We haven’t had that spirit here since Mitch crowned him King.”
And still those voices are calling from far away
Wake us up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say,
Welcome to the Hotel Trumplevania
Such a toxic place, (lacking truth and grace)
What a bright orange face
Livin’ it up in the cult like Trumplevania
All the creepy guys (with their graft and lies) bring their alibis.
A.G.’s on the payroll
Decency on ice
Coverups and corruption, the political price
And in the Senate chambers
They gather for the test
They swear to weigh the truth and facts
But is Truth their real quest?
The last thing I remember, we were
a land of law and truth
We need to find our way back there or the constitution’s moot
“Relax” said The Putin,
“He is programmed to receive.
“You can boot him any time you like,
“I’ll still be here to deceive.”
Welcome to the Hotel Trumplevania,
Such a toxic place ( lacking truth and grace)
What a shameful space.
Tryin’ to leave the Hotel Trumplevania
Wish us all God Speed cause its what we need
Yes, it is indeed.