glad-hand man…

comes well equipped
a clarabell clown smile
painted on a gq face
spontaneous loud laughter
though inappropriate 
is
a programmable feature
and can be transitioned
into a whiny
faux concerned tone
with a series of
empty platitudes expressed
once laughter fails
as
a manipulative
joints are
fully articulated
and coordinated with
contrived smiles
laughter can also be
initiated by pushing
societal buttons
equal rights
patriotism
or
anything labeled
contrary to internal
prejudgment apps
a-greeting app
includes two modes
bra detection embrace
with gentle back rub
or
macho handshake with smile
grip strength is equivalent to
burping a baby’s bottom
please note
several models
are available
in various colors
but rest assured
they have the same
internal components

 

 

gop welfare state…

bunch of senators
drawing down a lot of pay
for doing nothing
ignoring the nation‘s needs
while watching out for themselves
just self-centered freeloaders

 

 

behavior modeling…

the brown bag prophet
cocooned
in a soviet army
winter bekesha
fur coat
much like
putin’s
minus
putin’s
thigh hugging boots
mumbled
from beneath
his layers
that
if all criminals
are
judged
by
the same
standards of behavior
as
the white house
then
the crime rate
in
the nation
is going
to have
a dramatic drop
since
most thugs
and
gangsters
are
going to get
one of those
get out of jail free cards
from
most juries

tale of two sets of clowns…

tomorrow
the circus
will come to town
but
there’ll be no clowns
for
many
have taken jobs
in the movies
playing
sinister characters
who crawl
from
dark spaces
with
rather
unfriendly faces
scaring
little children
who alas
wet their beds
when left
alone
without
a nightlight
others
have found
similar jobs
in
washington
scaring
the hell
out of us all
with
the same
unfortunate
biological response

it is confusing…

who’s the funniest clown we know
clarabell
oh no
think of the white house show
so it couldn’t be
clarabell
tho
his feet are big
there’s no stout tummy
and we most certainly
could do without
the chu
chu
chump
who has fuzzy-wuzzy hair
clarabell
oh no
though
it’s partly red
but mostly bare
tis not clarabell
but
since the day
that he was born
he’s
honked
and
honked
and
honked
his horn

philandering fools…

the brown bag prophet
looked a little dazed
and
confused
as he began
his one-sided conversation
with me
he said
did i wake up
on the wrong side
of the atlantic
i mean
this is the land
of the free
home of
the moral majority
right
the place where
jimmy carter was
chastised for
lusting in his heart
the same locale
where
some presidents
lusted more than
with their hearts
but
were still deemed
moral enough
guess
the pursuit
of happiness
has a variable definition
depending upon whose
bible you’re looking at
oh and
ain’t this the place
where military sacrifice
and
honorable service
is respected
yes
so explain
to me
donald trump

under normal circumstances…

the brown bag prophet
said
let me read you
a list of behaviors
honoring
convicted
war criminals
assault charge
dui arrest
flippant remarks
in anne frank’s guest book 
running through passport control
without
presenting
travel documents
walking through
an airport
half-naked
abandonment
of
pet monkey
in a foreign country
tagging a hotel wall
bodyguard assailing
fan photographers
all this in
just
one year
now
would you say
these are
normal
teenage behaviors
or
behaviors
that would get
most folks
either
deported
or
given
some
serious
jail time
if
said teenager
was anybody
else
than
some
rich kid

shall not bear false witness…

the brown bag prophet
was heading off
to the soup kitchen
when he stopped
and asked me
if i could think
of an example
of someone
bearing false witness
i presumed
that was going
to be the topic
of discussion
at the church
tonight
and i said
that nothing came
to mind
he laughed
and said
i take it
you haven’t been
following
the goings-on
in washington

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as with
all
street festivals
sidewalk artists
create
imaginary scenes
to appease
all tastes
colored chalk cornucopias
filled with a harvest
of dreams
found only
in the pages
of camelot
no
sacrifice required
but
when the rain
of elections
is over
the streets
are
bare