An Anthem for These Dark Times

The very worst among us has ascended to the throne

From L to R: One of Trump’s Project 2025 handlers, another of Trump’s Project 025 handlers, Trump, and another of Trump’s Project 2025 handlers.

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In This Moment of Monsters

The rich do what amuses them. The poor do what they must:
fight to the death for coins they find in the toxic dust

Camels can’t pass through needles’ eyes
If their lips are moving lies are being told
— big ones, king-size!
in this moment of monsters

The very worst among has ascended to the throne
Decency, appalled, sighs, “Suck it up. You’re on your own.”

The chips are down, their motives clear
The cost of justice is too dear
Your jury lacks a single peer
in this moment of monsters

They sneer at the law. No one foresaw
the gullible, consumed by rage, shitting on the sacred page
in this moment of monsters

The jury’s out. The fix is in.
Your jaw will drop. Your head will spin.
Playing by the rules you’ll never win
in this moment of monsters

Bonus track. From my 2009 album Sorry We’re Open. “Xenophobia”