Til the Black Maria's Roll

We'll deal with it my friend...

...til the Black Marias roll

We'll be together til the end

Til they take us where we go.

 

The mob shouted! The mob clamored!

Like wolves shouting for a leader!

To lead them into the promised land

They wanted blood to spill

For their Trumpenführer's enemies they wanted ill

and heads to roll!

 

Now he struts and gesticulates like a bantam cock

With hair that dances like an orange sock.

And tiny hands

The wolves can agree only one thing

That he is their fearless leader.

It saves him from becoming chicken stock.

 

My friends say to each other "we'll petition and fight!"

We'll fight this evil and set things right!

Yes we'll march and demonstrate til the Black Marias Roll

We'll march and demonstrate til the Black Marias roll

 

refrain:

Til the Black Maria's roll my friend

Til the black Maria's roll.

We'll fight together until the end

Til the Black Maria's Roll

 

They made him their leader, this bantam Rooster!

His chin thrust out, the crowd gives a shout!

And he is our new fearless leader!

The soldiers march and the cheerleaders cheer

And the crowds are so happy,

their new leader is here!

"We'll make America Great Again!

 

The crowds shout out Jail her!

They shout for blood!

They'll make our country great again!

But the corrupt status quo must go!

We'll make our country hate again!

And all who oppose us must go!

 

refrain

 

And only his mob are allowed to cast a ballot!

He shouts; "the election is rigged"

and he makes sure it is!

The ballots are stuffed!

Her voters are cuffed.

Her voters are not allowed to vote!

 

refrain

 

The votes are in, he won the election!

Though more votes were cast for her!

If her voters hadn't been allowed to cast a vote!

then he'd have won by a landslide!

The votes are in, he won the election!

Though the reality was his win was a selection!

And his wolves have won by stealing the election!

"We'll Make America Great Again!"

 

refrain

 

He appoints Generals to his staff

He warns all who criticize him not to laugh

He blusters and threatens and warns and tells the world

America should be afraid!

"And I'm the only one who can save it.

And they swear him in.

 

refrain

 

He will build a wall, he says, he does.

What he doesn't tell us

is the wall is to keep us in.

He says he'll do something about Muslims, terrorism and fear.

What he doesn't tell us that he needs that terrorism and fear

to keep fearful people following him.

Fear makes people afraid.

And so the black Maria's roll

 

refrain:

 

Now the Black Marias are rolling my friend!

They are rolling across the country!

Picking up Immigrants, Muslims, Women and Children

Filling the black Maria's in the night.

and taking them to black sites

never again to be seen.

 

refrain

 

They follow that registry down to the last name.

They pick them up based on suspicion and secret evidence.

And once they have them they are never the same

Because of where the black Marias Go.

 

refrain

 

Wearing a hood, til the questioning begins.

Every kind of torture, no recourse, no trial

And we are so efficient, no mass graves.

Just never to be found.

It started with Muslims and Latino immigrants.

But soon lefties, dissidents and reporters too

They'd pay a bounty for each crew

Based on how many people they'd take.

So this became a business

Driving the Black Maria Crews.

 

refrain

 

So we march and demonstrate

We call for a new vote and file protests in court

And the officials laugh at us and take our names.

And dismiss our efforts as silly games

At least in public, but our name hits their list

 

refrain

 

When the black Maria's roll

we'll make our stand

behind barricades hand in hand

We'll endure bullets and bombs

And we'll be together til the end

til they take us where they go.

Christopher H. Holte, 12/26/2016

I pray this is not prophetic.

 

When Humans Act like Dogs (1/19/2017)

 

It's going to be a dark night

I dread the setting sun.

A winter coming of dread & fear

A Hot summer of sirens & doors knocked down

 

I can't understand humans

When we people act like dogs

When we gather in packs

tear victims to shreds.

& fight over scraps.

 

But I'd rather be a human

Then act like a pig.

I won't wallow in the muddy swamp

Or let fear keep me down.

 

I'll soldier on

Til the dawn of morning light

And I'll sigh in relief

When people are humans again