On Leg Number One

To distract public attention from

Ongoing investigations,

Trump is on an overseas trip

Cementing international relations.

 

First stop: Saudi Arabia,

Where President Trump stamped his seal

On a one-hundred-ten-billion-

Dollar war weapons deal--

 

A deal great for jobs, they say,

And a death blow to the mujahideen.

Basically, it's a huge boost

To the mighty, monstrous war machine.

 

War crime violations continue

As Saudi bombs frequently strike

Hospitals and markets in Yemen

Causing the number of deaths to spike--

 

Deaths of innocent civilians including

Children. Children! What's going on?

Jobs so that the war monger

Conductor can wave his deadly baton?

 

We turn our heads when the Saudis commit

Domestic abuses and NOT in small scale--

While they carry out mass executions

And put women drivers in jail.

 

No, this isn't the first "deal."

Such deals have happened before.

Money is often the siren luring

Humankind to weapons and war.

 

This to Trump is a great plus

So he can proudly play the hero.

If anyone is keeping score:

Trump one; humanity zero.

 

(5-21-17) By Bob B