A Visit from Uncle Joe

39Twas the month before Christmas as votes trickled in39Till Pennsylvania announced and celebrations beginTrump said Uncle Joe could win on a fixBut he won by Trump39s landslide of three hundred and sixamp160The polls were wrong check 538amp160That39s two in a row they didn39t get straightStill Trump hung grievances by the chimney to airIn hopes that St Nicholas would even careamp160He wouldn39t concede he wouldn39t transitionamp160He wouldn39t brief not a normal conditionReplace Dem electors who got in his wayAre we a Banana Republic or the U S of Aamp160The courts put the recounts and suits all to bedThen visions of monarchy disappeared from Trump39s headMilitias and rallies made such a clatterBut in the end it was Black Lives that Matteredamp160From Wuhan to Seattle in one COVID sneezeThen on to New York with few PCPsThe virus had spread all over the mapSo we settled in for a long COVID napamp160Cuomo updated a country in shockAnd we all applauded at seven o39clockWhen what to my wondering ears did I hearTrump said drink Clorox there39s nothing to fearamp160A twinkling of chloroquine for COVID19Try it with light until the vaccineIf detergent won39t work herd mentality mightamp160He meant immunity but don39t get uptightamp160From last to first it all seemed so quickI knew in a flash it wasn39t St NickFrom South Carolinaamp160dearamp160Uncle Joe cameThe others departed let39s call them by nameamp160quotNow Cory now Bernie now Liz and Mayor PeteStep aside everybodyamp160let Harris competequotThen Lafayette Park and a knee on the neckSeven fifty in taxes the market39s a wreckamp160Impeachment had failed though surrounded by crooksIndicted by Woodward and Mary Trump39s booksStill Barrett ascended in his fourth yearThe hypocrite Turtle and Elephants cheeramp160Ignore bounties on soldiers near 300k deadYou39re asymptomatic join a rally insteadHe39s not responsible while we huddle in roomsDistanced with friends via digital Zoomsamp160Then POTUS got COVID you don39t have to askHe deserved what he got for not wearing a maskThe scientist quotidiotsquot told him to fearI nominate Fauci as Man of the Yearamp160He39s got lots of words in debate from his mouthamp160Arrest Biden Obama all norms will go southNow there39s something I thought that we39d never seeAnd that39s Donald Trump saying quotOh pardon mequotamp160She was frail andamp160thin yet held on so longThen waved goodbye RBG strongWith Qtips up our noses we can stay out of troubleIf we choose to live in the NBA bubbleamp160So heal the country next year get to workWe got Uncle Joe and got rid of the jerkLong lines to vote and for food but take heartamp160Wear a mask wash your hands stand six feet apartamp160Let39s listen to neighbors and why they are madThat we disagree does not make them badBut they must hear too and not just go shoutamp160Both sides must agree to figure it outamp160Thank the doctors and nurses and every last clerkWho throughout 2020 did all of the workThank the nerds in the labs who fought COVID19They39re the heroes who worked to make a vaccineamp160The nightmare is ending hang tough we39re alrightamp160amp8220Happy Christmas to all and to all a good nightamp8221amp160Click the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writersamp160amp160

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