Will the shutdown of gov' hit sixty days?
I'd hate to see it but in many ways
The only movement that I can much see
Is the shuffle to mic of Chuck S and Nan P.,
To explain once again they're doing their best,
But it's our president who must do the rest.
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Which would work just fine with a regular prez,
Who does what he can if not what he says,
Or a regular Congress that's not full of jerks:
Some Repubs who to their prez can talk turks,
And split a few hairs and give each side a win,
And once that's done kick each other in shin.
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Thing is, ol' Don is no regular prez,
More of a pasha but without the red fez.
He sees The Wall as divine re-election,
The gain of respect and less circumspection,
His beloved cage match of winner-all-take,
Political survival clearly at stake.
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And by hook or by crook, Don sure survives all,
Bankruptcy, dear Stormy, the I.R.S. trawl,
And it ain't by ceding that Don did all that;
It's by NOT ceding, though he had to turn rat,
Turn rat or cretin or Janus-faced lover,
Using who's needed to give his rump cover.
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So I suggest Democrats just make a fuss,
And cry the nation must get back on the bus,
And give in to blackmail, say they were forced,
Cry dirty pool, with Trump's motives ill-sourced,
'Cause Don won't back down and make no mistake:
To him two months shutdown's a quick piece of cake.
