5 years

since

the COVID 

shut down,

again

waiting

for 

a miracle-

an intervention,

a vaccination,

some medication;

a cure

for the virus

that has

overtaken

us—

MAGA,

not corona.

Shutting

down

the government

has been

a dramatic

tactic

by the GOP

since the

1990s.

Ironically,

recently

the DOGE

head,

Musk,

said

he was

taking

a pulse 

check

after the backlash

to his 

brash

demand

that employees

hand in

an accounting

amounting

to 

a reverse

to do 

list:

What was

accomplished

last week.

Well, 

we officially

switched

our ally

to Putin

and

Besos’

WAPO’s

op-ed page

can 

no longer

enrage

the libertarian

contrarian,

open- market

partisan,

just as 

the White House

press corps

is now

for the

selected.

The rapid

pulse

has been

detected,

but I’m sure 

there’s not

any heart.