A Presidential phenomenon
that only a year at the job
ages the incumbent noticeably,
except for the current occupant
not affected like others,
because of lack of involvement,
not knowing responsibilities,
what he should do for the nation,
a slightly bloated plutocrat
who represents the worst
of the failures of democracy.
Only forty or fifty years ago
we had regular seasons.
Spring would turn warm
when it was supposed to.
The other seasons
changed as expected
as we went through activities
predictably scheduled.
Then climate change began,
weather pattern unstable, with uncertain conditions,
too little snow,
not enough hot days,
fierce storms, wild fires,
while the leaders of the land
refused to take action
to save the planet.
Our land of insane violence
is perilously diseased
with the need to hurt others,
spreading more and more brutally,
warped minds inventing new ways
to inflict lurid suffering,
while our confused society
accepts harmful afflictions,
disturbingly, as if normal,
many of us oblivious
to the dangers of contagion.