CliffSongs

  A Short One   Well, he’s five foot five and he’s barely alive, Just how much longer can he survive, The harsh environment where he used to thrive, Given the results of his current drive?   Retreating, conceiting, so many ways deceiting, His armies so often failing at completing. Wasn’t it just days that they were supposed to be defeating? How long before this results in his unseating?   When did this man’s intelligence fall benight? Has an illness caused a too early twilight? What is the basis for his rage and despite? Has he seen upon the wall the moving hand to write?   Well, he’s just five foot five, and how will he contrive, To continue to control the maddened beehive, That he awoke to attempt to deprive, A sovereign nation’s right to remain alive.   Well, he’s just five foot five… Why do we still put up with his jive?   Cliff Lake 6/30/2022 Copyright © Clifford Lake 2022

  SCROTUS   The Extreme Court of The United States today struck down Roe vs. Wade. This shame will not be unanswered. This atrocity will not go unpunished.   Six versus reason. Six versus health. Six versus autonomy. Six versus every woman in America.   The Unclean Court of The United States this week undermined Miranda rights. This blot will not go un-erased. This infamy will not go unscoured.   Six versus discernment. Six versus bounds. Six versus innocence. Six versus every undefended American.   The Regime Court of the United States this week undercut gun laws. This dereliction will not go unrebutted. This crime will not stand.   Six versus rationality. Six versus sanity. Six versus sense. Six versus every fucking life in America.   The Supreme Court of The United States this week exposed their corruption. This breach of trust will not go uncorrected. This malfeasance will not go uncleansed.   Six versus our majority

  Status     The squirming, the worming, the indefensible most detestable attempted unconfirming. In what way are these the actions of one we would call “president”? How do these actions speak of such a man as “leader”? Are we so blind that we must follow a known cheater, a proven liar, a charlatan beholden to the basest of his own instincts? Are we so weak that we must back down from a man that will not act for himself? Are we to allow a common bully to upend our America?  No.   Not in any manner will we allow our subservience to one so flawed that he cannot lose with the grace and dignity so long associated with our experiment in democracy. We have a process. He tried to avoid it. We have a procedure. He tried to subvert it. We have a mechanism. He tried to break it. He failed. He fails still. Is this so surprising from a man that cannot keep a casino afloat? Is this so astonishing from a man that cannot sell water? Is this so stunning from a m

  Stand Up!     I want you to look to Shaye Moss. Do you know what she did?   She stood up.   I want you to look to Ruby Freeman. Do you know what she did?   She stood up.   Do you know why? Because they are proud. Proud to be black. Proud to be women. And proud to be Americans. They stood up.   SAY HER NAME: SHAYE MOSS. SAY IT! SAY HER NAME: LADY RUBY. SAY IT!   They stood up for you! They stood up for me! THEY STOOD UP! They were proud to volunteer for America. They are proud still. I am proud of them. THEY STOOD UP. THEY STAND STILL! These are the American heroes of our times! These are Americans.   SAY HER NAME: SHAYE MOSS! SAY HER NAME: LADY RUBY!   STAND UP. Stand with these Americans!   Say their names… And stand up.   Cliff Lake 6/22/2022 Copyright © Clifford Lake 2022

  Smoke   It’s always been a mirage. The taxes that remain unpaid and unseen. The Rudy that worked for free. The inflatable assets that shrink at will. The real estate that folds in upon itself. The building projects that blow in; gone at a moment’s notice. The university that taught P.T.’s greatest lesson. The vodka and water that evaporated too quickly. The steaks that burned themselves but were never well done. The airline that crashed without any noise. The travel site that went nowhere, tell me can you find it now? The nonprofit that lined his pockets. The Trump Taj Mahal. The Trump Plaza. The Trump Castle. Gone, gone, gone. It’s all a fairy tale much too grim. But worst of all? The defense fund that never existed. Satan Claus doesn’t even believe in himself.   Cliff Lake 6/18/2022 Copyright © Clifford Lake 2022

  You Pays Your Money…   Hello Republican, this is Fantasyland, Where there is no Russia, but there’s border caravans. Where there is no belief in white supremacy, But somehow, you’re replaced by the minorities.   Where Disneyland now practices some abomination, And oil drilling is better than any conservation. Where more guns and even more than that, Will save all the children, cuz weaponry’s where it’s at.   Where the evidence presented by J6 committee, Can easily be explained away; don’t look and you won’t see. Where Donald Trump and his minions didn’t really plan a coup, Even though we all watched it, both me and dammit even you.   So double down Republican, I mean what is there to see? An election fund that isn’t there, you’re grifted willingly? He loves you, right? He’s said so, on and on, And there’s just no way, that all he says is all just part of the con.   Bless your hearts.   Cliff Lake 6/16/2022 Copyright © Clifford Lake 20

  Fun, Fun, Fundable   But is it just about the money?   I wish we could have been there when Bill Barr told him. I wish we there when Bill said it again. I wish we there when Bill told him, “It’s all bullshit.” I wish we were there for that.   The election was over, but he was still collecting money? It was over and he was still collecting money? He was still collecting money.   We were all there when the courts told him. We were there all 61 times. We were there when court after court told him, “There isn’t any fraud. We are not finding fraud.” We were all there for that.   The court cases were over, but he was still collecting money? The cases were over, but he was still collecting money. He was still collecting money.   We saw that Arizona told him that Joe was still on top. We saw that Georgia told him that Joe was winner there. We saw that state after state after state told him, “Joe’s got the votes. He’s always had the votes.”

  See   See how they peacefully protest. See the love in the air. See the windows peacefully broken. See the peaceful gallows raised. See the barricades peacefully snatched away. See the cops peacefully beaten. See the bear mace peacefully sprayed. Hear the peaceful cries of the mob. Hear the peaceful punches land. See the lovefest for the policemen. See the respect for democracy. See the peaceful baseball bats swing. See the peaceful flagstaff’s impacts. See the peaceful kicks to the face. See the peaceful riot unfolding. See the peaceful charge up the steps. See the peaceful search of the building. See the peaceful shit on the walls. See the peaceful theft of property. See the peaceful storm of the Capitol. See the peaceful transfer of power. See all of it, then try to deny.   Cliff Lake 6/12/2022 Copyright © Clifford Lake 2022

  Your Nightmare   Okay, listen up, Mr. Conservative, While you so loudly tout a child’s right to live. But when comes to guns you remain resistive, In fact, it really looks like you’re just combative.   You keep inventing reasons and causes galore, While assault rifles are busy creating new gore. The solution isn’t in making more and even more, That only results with more young flesh being tore.   You have a chance, don’t do nothing again, No solutions advance, so the fun never ends. We can all get back to gunning down family and friends. Well, we’re not giving up on this fight, But tell us how do you sleep at night? I hope you don’t!   So there GOP, time to seize the day! With so many guns out there this shit won’t go away. What’s it gonna take to get you to say: “Fuck the blood-spattered money and fuck the NRA!”   You have a chance, don’t do nothing again, You make excuses, but you don’t make amends. We can all get back to gunning

  Downsized and Done   Where now are the orange flames? Look how they do slowly fade. Where are the belittling names? And the promises that have gone unpaid? Where are the adoring crowds? They tire of the same old lies. Where is the vengeance avowed? It seems like it’s in short supply. When is the big overturn? Is it still going to happen “soon”? Have the red hats started to learn? Is the air leaking the balloon? Where are the donations going? Is there really still a war chest? Why is the momentum slowing? Is everyone much less impressed? What’s happened to loyalties hard sworn? Have they faded because they’re one-way? Why is there sudden old guard scorn? Have the costs grown too large to defray? A shadow that once had loomed so large, Will pass as truth’s light does reveal. No more lies in a constant barrage, We will finally trump this ordeal.   Cliff Lake 6/8/2022     Copyright © Clifford Lake 2022

  Mono Slowdium Greene   I’m starting to worry about MTG; She’s displaying some vulnerability, By making it all too plain to see, That she favors white supremacy.   It’s not a case of ambiguity, Being an NRA queen bee, She thinks that guns should be more free, Than people are, like you or me.   Another area of concern, Is her inability to learn. New knowledge she just seems to spurn, While old tropes she will gladly churn.   To Bible times she would return, Because she cannot quite discern, Between a past for which she yearns, And the result of which where the world burns.   Thus I fear of her insanity, And her misread Christianity, It’s not simply some inanity; It’s a case of no humanity.   Cliff Lake 6/6/2022     Copyright © Clifford Lake 2022

  Prime Time   The House J6 committee, Getting down to the nitty-gritty, None of it’s gonna be real pretty, Gotta say I’ve got no pity.   Mark Meadows are you still taking your texts? Will you try to look all perplexed? Will you say they’re out of context? I’m pretty sure your luck is real hexed.   How you gonna explain your crime time? Are you gonna plead the 5 th in mime time? Maybe you’re gonna do a dime time. How you gonna look in prime time?   You guys tried an insurrection, After losing an election. Now the House completes detection, Bear witness to your rejection.   Gotta wash away the slime time, Gotta clean up all your grime time, Gotta set a new paradigm time, Gonna clean your stains in prime time.   Cliff Lake 6/5/2022;    Copyright © Clifford Lake 2022

  A Blessing   I didn’t find a mass shooting in my email today. That makes it one day in a row. Tomorrow may get here too soon. School is letting out for the summer… Where will the killers go to practice their art? Where is the next altar to the NRA? Perhaps the hunting will not be so easy, Or perhaps it will, The children will not be able to get inside, Because Senator Rafael Cruz is afraid of doors. He will let the blood spill outside for the good of the NRA. Do you know when the next psychotic blood let will occur? Me either. But if we all get some good old American iron, We can support the NRA. They need us you see, Because they don’t pay taxes, Or accept responsibility, Or have consciences, Or even Louie Gohmert’s heart. They have us for all of that. We can bleed. God bless the fucking NRA.   Cliff Lake 6/4/2022 Copyright © Clifford Lake 2022

  At’s     The GOP is adamant that the Dems are after SA 2, Well Republicans, that’s not the case, so here’s some truths I’m going to @ back at you: @RepKenBuck claims the Ar-15 is required to defend domestic fowl, The bullshit he’s piling on is so deep that he is required to use a trowel. @replouiegohmert is of the belief that we think he has no heart, No Louie, what we actually think is that it’s your soul that is torn apart. @RepMattGaetz is hedging his bets on “shall not be infringed”, Put that way Matty, you just sound catty, and more than a little unhinged. @LindseyGrahamSC, has his ’15 so he can defend against gangs, Yet no matter how many kids in schools are shot up, he never feels any guilt pangs. And @RepMTG said that she believes in “a heavily armed population”, Perhaps she’d like to stop by Tulsa today and witness that mutilation. Oh and @laurenboebert, what does she assert about guns going to Ukraine? @RepBoebert, your brain must be hurt; th