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FORGET-ME-NOTS

by Paul Steven Stone

FORGET-ME-NOTS

(a poem of remembrance)

Some critical facts to memorize

When Truth is mired ‘neath muck and lies,

While all around, cult fever runs wild

Threatening the Future like an unprotected child.

FORGET-ME-NOT, FORGET ME NOT,

Who tried to steal a second term,

Counting lies instead of votes.

And remember who did not.

Recall as well whose sordid deeds

Echoed daily in the news…

Sexual assault, slander, business fraud

All charged, tried and proved.

And remember who did not.

FORGET-ME-NOT, FORGET ME NOT,

Who lacks integrity, kindness or shame,

The morals a president is lost without.

And remember who does not.

FORGET-ME-NOT, FORGET ME NOT,

Who sent a mob to sack the capitol,

Trashing 250 years of American democracy.

And remember who did not.

Forget-Me-Not, Forget-Me-Not

Whose epic Covid malfeasance

Sent thousands to unnecessary deaths.

And remember who did not.

Forget-Me-Not, Forget-Me-Not

Don’t vote for anyone who tried to steal an election,

And remember who did not.

50 WAYS TO STEAL AN ELECTION

(With humble gratitude to the brilliance of Paul Simon)

“THE PROBLEM IS ALL INSIDE YOUR HEAD,” HE SAID TO ME.

“The answer is easy if you take it logically

“Just sing these words and pretend that you’re guilt-free

“There must be fifty ways to steal an election”

JUST ERASE THE VOTES, JACK

Don’t let blacks vote, Mac

Get Putin to help, Don

Mess up the count, Tom

Sabotage the mail, Bill

Reject the results, Phil

Question Joe’s ballots, Lee

No need to be coy, Roy

Just tear down the House, 

And claim sweet Victory.

I SAID “IT GRIEVES ME TO SEE YOU IN SUCH PAIN.

“Is there something I can do to make your smile come back again?”

He said, “Thank you very much, just let me sing my sweet refrain

“About the fifty ways to steal an election.”

JUST LIE UNTIL THEY CRY, STAN

Then accuse and deny, Man

Bring in fake electors, Gus

And Rudy’s traveling circus bus

Threaten poll workers, Dick

Menace voters thin and thick

Go before the Supremes, Lee

Where Justice is too blind to ever see, 

Just cheat till you’re home free.

And claim your Victory

HE SAID, “I WON’T LET MYSELF LOSE TO JOE AGAIN.

“It grieves Melania so to see me in such pain

“You see there’s something I can do to make Maga World smile again

“It all depends on those 50 ways to steal an election.

“Count ‘em, 50 ways to steal an election.”

JUST ERASE THE VOTES, JACK

Don’t let blacks vote, Mac

Get Putin to help, Don

Mess up the count, Tom

Sabotage the mail, Bill

Reject the results, Phil

Question Joe’s ballots, Lee

No need to be coy, Roy

Just tear down the House, 

And claim sweet Victory.

Make no mistake, if Donald Trump tried once to steal the presidency; he will do so again. Realistically, he has no incentive to play fair now, especially when a return to the Oval office could negate all federal crimes for which he stands accused. It’s fatuous to think Trump will suddenly reform his ways and realize that the country he is attempting to lead again is far more important than the fate of a single individual.

I WILL BET—EVEN GUARANTEE—THAT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS GANG HAVE ALREADY MADE PLANS TO STEAL THE 2024 ELECTION. WE MUST BE ON OUR GUARD.