A clear and present danger – v4

He constitutes a challenge

a clear and present danger

to our people, to our nation

a demagogue spewing

a cascade of lies, of anger

no hope for stopping

his polarized language, the bile,

the torrent of fear, of filth,

and hate overflowing

catching all in the maelstrom

the rising feared pitch

Raising the ante, the temperature,

with any who doubt, who we speak out

who cast aspersions, who challenge

who question his lies, his hate,

The end as in the past, repeating

when we did not stop the tyrants

the bullies on the playground

those sitting at the committee rostrums

or standing at the gate to the citadels

blocking the doors of our schools, our colleges,

of any of our places of learning

He is a clear and present danger

to all of our people, to our nation,

that will not end, that will not stop

until we defy the bully, his minions,

until we question his lies, his motives;

He will only scream louder, spreading more lies,

inciting others to violence, to rage,

fed by the polls, his ratings

by the response of his supporters

churning up the darker shades,

emotions, of our body politic

edited/new name December 12, 2015

He is a barker, a carnie

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/he-is-barker-carnie.html

edited December 12, 2015

a demagogue and a bully – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-demagogue-and-bully-v3.html

(merging edits to original and version 2)

Edited/new name December 10, 2015

a barker, a carnie

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-carnie.html

edited December 9, 2015

a clear and present danger – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-clear-and-present-danger-v4.html

(editing version 3)

edited December 9, 2015

a demagogue and a bully – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-demagogue-and-bully-v2.html

edited December 9, 2015

a xenophobic cancer – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-xenophobic-cancer-v3.html

edited December 9, 2015

a barker at the carnie – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-at-carnie-v3.html

edited December 9, 2015

a barker at the carnie – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-at-carnie-v2.html

December 9, 2015

a barker at the carnie

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-at-carnie.html

edited December 9, 2015

a xenophobic cancer – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-xenophobic-cancer-v2.html

edited December 2, 2015

a clear and present danger – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-clear-and-present-danger-v3.html

(editing version 2)

November 25, 2015

a xenophobic cancer

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-xenophobic-cancer.html

November 25, 2015

a demagogue and a bully

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-demagogue-and-bully.html

edited November 25, 2015

A clear and present danger – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-clear-and-present-danger-v2.html

November 25, 2015

A clear and present danger

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-clear-and-present-danger.html

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