I kid you :
Not .

We are on the verge
Of losing the Republic
To the selfish urge

Of power at any cost,
Half of the at–large :   lost .
In conspiracy plots ;  sick .

Bigly, the bigots threaten
T’other with bullets,
Index on hair–triggers,

Crosshairs blurred .
Exing, they purr and doze—
For they cannot be “ woke . ”

*[ WSB ]_.