Floating in his own orbit
absent from the ethos of ethics
he was driven by an ugly lust for power
fueled by an insatiable desire for attention
bootlicked and buttressed by a sycophantic public
and buoyed by yes men
The man was wholly unhinged from truth
divorced from morality
and devoid of integrity
Gripped by insecurity
and the crippling fear of being labeled a loser
he cultivated lies and deceit
Like a Shakespearean witch
hunched over a cauldron
of poisonous misinformation
he hatched his plan
to cling to the reins of power
just long enough to topple the republic
For a few hours that day
our democracy flickered and dimmed
teetering on the dark edge of an authoritarian abyss
and if not for the courage of a few
and the rationality of the rest
We’d have lost our democracy
and the hope and freedom it brings to us
It would be a fatal mistake to think
the bullet we dodged cannot be reloaded
The confederacy of cowards
who defended the snake
and helped perpetuate the crime
still walk the halls of congress
and just beneath the ashes
of the failed attempt
are the smoldering embers
of the next
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