The Great Pretender-A Dark Rewrite Poem by Ramona Thompson

A dark rewrite of the classic song'

Oh yes he is the great pretender (ooh ooh)
Pretending that someday with him this country will be doing well (ooh ooh)
His mask is so clever that not yet have any of us seen
He is deadly but no one can tell

Oh yes he is the great pretender (ooh ooh)
Mind set on taking over and ruling our world as his own
He plays the game without a hint of remorse or shame
Plotting one day to trap us all in line
By lowering the nuclear boom

Too real is this monster playing a white house of make-believe
Too real when from this country's people too many secrets does he conceal

Ooh yes he is the great pretender
Just laughing at us
Gay and straight
Black and white
One and all
As if we were all his own personal clowns (ooh ooh)
He seems to be what he is not (You see)
He wears his smugness like a crown
Pretending that he's not the next coming of Hilter to come nosing around

Yeah ooh hoo
Too real is this monster playing a white house of make-believe
Too real when from this country's people too many secrets does he conceal

Ooh yes he is the great pretender
Just laughing at us
Gay and straight
Black and white
One and all
As if we were all his own personal clowns (ooh ooh)
He seems to be what he is not (You see)
He wears his smugness like a crown
Pretending that he's not
Pretending that he's not the next coming of Hilter to come nosing around

2008 Ramona Thompson