TOTAL RECALL

With all the tart complaints about Garcetti,

And I’m the first to say they aren’t petty,

Still something’s wrong with critics who have said he

Should quit his job and kneel down to his foes.

When Covid came the Mayor wasn’t ready.

He stumbled, his direction wasn’t steady.

Despite the fact opponents wished him dead he

Continued with resolve the path he chose.

His inconsistent statements weren’t heady.

It got a lot of people so upset he

Has enemies who say we just don’t get he

Has been the cause of all the nation’s woes.

And then in Sacramento there is Newsom,

Who runs a state with Covid numbers gruesome.

He dined out at a chic café which drew some

Adverse and confrontational reviews.

But still I question if the point of view some

Disparagers of Gavin and Eric’s crew some

Times seek a way to shield the Evil Twosome

Responsible for all of our bad news.

The guilt rests squarely at the feet of Donald,

And equally to blame is Mitch McConnell.

The ugliness their power rests upon’ll

Be gone once we remove this Trumpish trash.

Still hundreds maskless gather at his party,

A super spreader Christmas for the hearty.

Then why complain that Gavin’s not so smart he

Had only thirty people at his bash?

He fiddles (no he golfs) as people suffer.

Advice for weaker folks: they should be tougher.

He runs the country like he’s just a duffer

While friends and family take in all the cash.

While Mitch, his stooge declines negotiation,

Rejecting unemployment compensation,

His wife and family join in celebration,

A nepotism portrait fox and snake.

He cruelly leaves the poor to their privation;

No stimulus from this administration.

A compromise might ease their degradation.

No blue state bailout, let them all eat cake.

Two billion bucks invested in our nation

Would ease the ache, provide a transformation.

But no, a slacker might go on vacation;

This is no time to give the poor a break.

To those who clamor recall of our Guv,

I wonder what it is they’re thinking of

When Mitch and Trump are working hand in glove

To line their pockets; damn the teeming masses.

If those consumed by alternative facts,

Those cult disciples nursed in foul attacks,

Had courage enough to stand up to these quacks

Instead of giving narcissists free passes,

The promises our country claims to treasure

Might stand a chance to grow to its full measure,

Escape the fate these goons design with pleasure,

And rid the nation of these smarmy asses.