Making America Great, a poem by Marcus Bales (found on Facebook)
Marcus Bales
Making America Great
Lying's so useful it's now what we do:
Repeating our lies makes them seem like they’re true.
We're lying to them while we're lying to you,
We’re making America great.
We lie before nine, and we lie after noon;
We lie in the sunlight, and under the moon.
We lie from July all year round right through June,
We’re making America great.
We lie to the whites and we lie to the blacks;
We lie first to make and then cover our tracks
By lying our lies are alternative facts.
We’re making America great.
We lie to our lawyers, we lie to the press.
We lie very bluntly, we lie with finesse.
We lie to make failure appear like success.
We’re making America great.
We lie when we need to, we lie when we want.
We lie for aggression, we lie for detente.
And sometimes we lie as a fact-checking taunt.
We’re making America great.
We lie as a tactic, we lie just for fun;
We lie out in groups, and we lie one-on-one;
We lie when we start out, we lie when we're done.
We’re making America great.
We lie that the stuff that was in is now out;
We lie to transmute what was truth into doubt;
We’re lying about what we're lying about.
We’re making America great.
We lie to the hobbits, we lie to the elves,
We lie on the floor and we lie on the shelves,
And finally we lie and believe it ourselves.
We’re making America great.