Careful What We Ask For - We've Been There Before Poem by James B. Earley

...The 1930s of Germany
History...remembers so well
...A man and his mission
The resultant groundswell

With millions annihilated
Folks despised to the core
Careful...what we ask for
...We've been there...before

Of Seventeen originals
...Sixteen...decried
The obnoxious...bigot
...Along for the ride

'Disparaging...women
His candidacy a joke
A carnival huckster'
Collectively they spoke

Of the demon...his presence
.....The Party at risk
'This ain't us as Republicans
....We're better...than this'

Somewhere along the way
Realization....sunk in
...That...obnoxious bigot
The Party's long lost kin

Of seventeen originals
...Obviously sixteen lied
'What petty little people'
...The Huckster decried

As they all fell in line
Worshipping his face
....A Nation's...decline
The World's disgrace

..1930s....of Germany
History remembers so well
...A man and his mission
The resultant groundswell

....Millions annihilated...
Folks despised to the core
...Careful...what we ask for
We've been there...before

...Amen