Is it better to 

run and stumble than never

to have run at all?

~

To run and stumble

is, by far, preferable

than to run and fall

Is this the season

when rationality reigns

in dawning days of reason?

~

There is no reason

to think rationality

could reign or run this season. 

When the sky is full

of  pigeons are we being

sent messages from on high?

~

If the sky is full

of pigeons flying above,

the message will be messy!

When that crushing weight

lands squarely on our shoulders,

what, on earth, are we to do?

~

First we ask, “Is this

weight mine to bear?” and then

we move on from there.

How can we keep our

wits when many candidates

and congressmen have lost theirs?

~

Well, finders keepers

leaps to mind, but in battles

of wits, everyone loses.

Can we find comfort

in that sure and certain faith

despite all the damage done?

~

Would we, no matter

the damage, need comfort if

our faith were certain and sure?

When dotting I’s and

crossing T’s trump the meeting

Of the people’s  needs, what then?

~

Dotting I’s? Crossing

T’s? That doesn’t sound like Trump

to me. As for needs? Puh-leeze!

If the worm hadn’t

gotten up before the bird

would worm still be here?

~

If worm lounged abed,

that sluggard, then early bird

would have to settle for brunch.

Can we acknowledge

both our success and failure

nondisingenuously?

~

Indeed we can, but

when disingenuousness

is trumped by lies, let’s just cruz.