Dodging Decorum

I never used to swear that much.

Really. But things have changed.

It's hard to keep from doing it when

One's president is deranged.

 

His constant tweets are maddening.

I really have to admit

That when I read them, I say he's full of

A word that rhymes with "spit."

 

To watch his reckless and smug demeanor

Makes me rather sick.

I can't help thinking he acts just like

A word that rhymes with "trick."

 

When I'm really incensed and feel

He's acting like a schmuck,

Before I can stop it, a word slips out--

A word that rhymes with "duck."

 

As I watch him destroy this country,

A phrase emerges, which

Starts with the word "son" and ends

With a word that rhymes with "twitch."

 

When he lies, my sense of decorum

Is difficult to sustain,

And I cannot refrain from taking

A certain name in vain.

 

When I've lost it, I say that he's--

And I am totally frank--

A blankety-blank, blankety-blanking

Blankety blankety blank.

 

I know that losing one's cool is not

Behavior considered sublime,

But what the heck, the president

Cusses all the time.

 

-by Bob B (10-15-20)