Unprecedented

Ronald L. Faust

• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9781725295803
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Religious Poetry
• Index: Literature

These have not been normal times. The flaws of a nation were accentuated during the coronavirus pandemic. Hidden divisions over racism and abortion wounded civil discourse. Democracy was put at risk. History will not be kind about this era of "making America great again." We will never be the same.These poems are unprecedented, as well as anything the president ever did. They were healthy outlets during the presidential pandemic between 2017-2021. Shamefully, we were entrapped in the literalism of shallow pursuits and the fear of critical thinking about higher values. Poetry can engage us in social transformation and pull us away from status quo thinking into a creative realm of higher values--a place of authenticity, openness, and peace. These unique poems caught the emotions in living through an era of impeachment and resistance. We have survived, learning lessons in going forward.

In the Era of Impeachment

Impeachment requires silence

On pain of imprisonment

As Senators are quarantined

Behind desks in the chamber

A solemn and serious imposition

To listen to the evidence

To determine any breaking of law

Checks and balances were at stake

In reining in a rogue President

Who pushes on every boundary

To create a defiant aberration

That challenges normal procedure

Sergeant of arms introduced

Seven managers to enact the trial

On President Donald John Trump

To wake from stonewalling truth

Of abuse of power and obstruction

Senators were sworn in by signing

Their names in an oath book stating

Articles of impeachment in a rare moment

When all the senators were present

Senators are supposed to listen

Without the use of digital devices

Difficult in an age of hyperactivity

Yet the data was already available

First there was the personal lawyer

Michael Cohen in the first chapter

Then came Ukrainian Lev Parnas

Of the second chapter of transparency

Both scorned for pushing a hoax

But the case propelled solemnly

Under Chief Justice John Roberts

Revealing a trove of documents

Contradicting the President’s reality

Questions came up about a fair trial

By denial of documents and witnesses

Trying to break the cover up in the loop

To hear relevant voices hiding the truth

Such as witness Mulvaney commenting

On the hold back of money to Ukraine

Minimizing the withholding of aid,

“I have news for you; get over it!”

House managers put out the evidence

Such as from Hakeem Jeffries so that

McConnell asked to stack amendments

Necessary for following the timeline

Rep Adam Schiff seemed touched

By his own words during the opening

When he revealed Mulvaney’s boast

That we need to get over it, no big deal

As he conjectured a national decline

Asserting that impeachment was urgent

Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch

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