are they coming for us

or do they just wanna put faces

to those they consider the enemy

is there a new fashion trend

or is it just the fascism

of square shoulders and brown shirts

i keep looking for the common denominator

and all i've come up with is just a facsimile

of a hammer and virus rolled into

a labor participation rate

they want to club you with

i know i'm asking for it

but here's my simplistic answer

to all of the ideologues

dead & alive

just mix one part from each

& stir thoroughly

trump-putin-roy cohn-stalin-mao-andrew jackson-jefferson davis

might as well throw in lukashenko

all built on the foundations of franco-hitler-mussolini

don't worry about chronological order

in this new world disorder

and of course

add your many thousands

     their knees and heels

     on your neck

--- e b bortz