Hostage

Seems every day now there is a brand new fear.
Yesterday’s foulest threat, now, only a jeer.

I try keeping up with the finger wagging.
Simultaneous…his approval is flagging.

Much like Rome in its final fiery breaths.
Poison was clear; but they still drunk to their deaths.

The highest office threatening its people?
Known refrain…when Civility’s grown feeble.

Holding our safety & well-being ransom.
Threatens our founding & perverts our anthem.

Tyranny’s trump play: bottom against middle.
When will you see his invisible fiddle?