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‘The Democratic Party Dressed for Halloween’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson

October 29, 2023
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The Democratic Party Dressed for Halloween

The Democratic Costume Party is held on Halloween
With Hillary as Jezebel, the dangerous sleazy Queen.

Joe Biden comes as Dracula, the vampire looking flushed,
Who tries to take a bite of every female neck he touched.

Kamala is a stringed Pinocchio with a long nose—
The batteries and lies she tells ensure it somehow grows.

Chuck Schumer comes as Shy Bo Peep, along with jumping sheep—
Hypnotic vapid rhetoric puts everyone to sleep.

Nancy Pelosi dresses as the Wicked Witch of the West.
Her hideous hair is blowing while her costume’s judged the best.

The ghosts of their dead voting base are floating in the air.
Confetti from fake shredded ballots shower everywhere.

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LTC Roy E. Peterson, US Army Military Intelligence and Russian Foreign Area Officer (Retired) has published more than 5,000 poems in 78 of his 101 books. He has been an Army Attaché in Moscow, Commander of INF Portal Monitoring in Votkinsk, first US Foreign Commercial Officer in Vladivostok, Russia and Regional Manager in the Russian Far East for IBM. He holds a BA, Hardin-Simmons University (Political Science); MA, University of Arizona (Political Science); MA, University of Southern California (Int. Relations) and MBA University of Phoenix. He taught at the University of Arizona, Western New Mexico University, University of Maryland, Travel University and the University of Phoenix.

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Comments 34

  1. James Sale says:
    2 years ago

    Very funny Roy: the final couplet – The ghosts of their dead voting base are floating in the air.
    Confetti from fake shredded ballots shower everywhere. – is decisive!!

    Reply
    • Roy Eugene Peterson says:
      2 years ago

      Thank you, James! Greatly appreciated!

      Reply
  2. jd says:
    2 years ago

    Good one, Roy, and clever.

    Reply
    • Roy Eugene Peterson says:
      2 years ago

      Thank you, jd!

      Reply
  3. Joshua C. Frank says:
    2 years ago

    Nice pun on the word “party!” This put a smile on my face.

    The only thing is, if I saw all those people at such a costume party, I’d say, “It’s a shame none of you could find costumes!”

    Reply
    • Roy Eugene Peterson says:
      2 years ago

      Haha, Joshua! I feel the same way!

      Reply
  4. Bruce J PEARL says:
    2 years ago

    The Republicans sent a clown called Trump
    Dressed as a penis, in other words, a schmuck.

    Reply
    • Joseph S. Salemi says:
      2 years ago

      If you’re going to write a satiric couplet, it ought to scan metrically, and rhyme. Once again, the left shows its incompetence.

      Reply
      • Joshua C. Frank says:
        2 years ago

        Or maybe, like the government, they just want us to think they’re incompetent so they can distract us while they manipulate things behind the scenes.

        What I resent most about comments like Mr. Pearl’s is that people think, because I’m not a leftist, I enthusiastically support Trump. I support him against the likes of Biden, Harris, Clinton, etc., but that’s the extent of it. We’ve had all this time to change things by voting Republican, and things keep getting worse, because the Republican Party today is the Democratic Party of 20 years ago, and people were saying that 20 years ago.

        Reply
      • Joseph S. Salemi says:
        2 years ago

        Joshua, there is an important principle of both politics and combat: Your allies are the ones whose guns are pointing in the same direction as your guns. Nothing else about them matters. Nothing.

        Trump is perhaps not the perfect ideal candidate, but who the hell can worry about Platonic ideals at this point? His enemies are our enemies. You cannot judge an ally by Categorical Imperatives, or by religious scrutiny, or by moral nit-picking. He’s just a soldier in the foxhole with you, firing at the same scum.

        Reply
      • Joshua C. Frank says:
        2 years ago

        I guess that’s a good point.

        Reply
  5. Paul Martin Freeman says:
    2 years ago

    Well, Roy, I laughed. That’s certainly not one to put anybody to sleep!

    Reply
    • Paul Martin Freeman says:
      2 years ago

      And they do seem to have come in character!

      Reply
    • Roy Eugene Peterson says:
      2 years ago

      Glad you enjoyed it, Paul. I certainly wanted them to appear at the party the way they appear to me.

      Reply
  6. Warren Bonham says:
    2 years ago

    Very clever and entertaining. This is likely to be the scariest Halloween in human history.

    Reply
    • Roy Eugene Peterson says:
      2 years ago

      Excellent thought, Warren!

      Reply
  7. Brian A. Yapko says:
    2 years ago

    This is hilarious, Roy! Thanks for the spooky snicker!

    Reply
    • Roy Eugene Peterson says:
      2 years ago

      I appreciate the appreciation, Brian!

      Reply
  8. Cheryl Corey says:
    2 years ago

    Spooktacular!

    Reply
    • Roy Eugene Peterson says:
      2 years ago

      Funny and appropriate comment, Cheryl! Thank you!

      Reply
  9. C.B. Anderson says:
    2 years ago

    Why don’t you tell us how you really feel about the damned Dems, Roy?

    Reply
    • Margaret Coats says:
      2 years ago

      Careful, C. B. It may not make for such an amusing poem if Roy imagines the present appearance of Dianne Feinstein who departed party life a month ago.

      Reply
    • Roy Eugene Peterson says:
      2 years ago

      I tried my best, C.B. LOL.

      Reply
  10. Cynthia Erlandson says:
    2 years ago

    Every verse is a hoot! Thanks, Roy!

    Reply
    • Roy Eugene Peterson says:
      2 years ago

      Thank you so much, Cynthia!

      Reply
  11. Joseph S. Salemi says:
    2 years ago

    How about the Resident’s lying press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre? She could come to the party as one of the living dead, wearing a fright-wig.

    Reply
    • Roy Eugene Peterson says:
      2 years ago

      You are so right, Joseph!

      Reply
  12. Bruce J PEARL says:
    2 years ago

    The Gallant Gallstone strikes again.

    Reply
    • C.B. Anderson says:
      2 years ago

      You make it difficult to tell the Pearls from the swine, BJ.

      Reply
  13. Paul A. Freeman says:
    2 years ago

    Of all of the ghoulies at night going bump,
    what can be worse than the orange-faced… Grump?

    Happy Halloween.

    Reply
    • Roy Eugene Peterson says:
      2 years ago

      Cute contribution, Paul! Happy and Safe Halloween to you, as well!

      Reply
      • Paul A. Freeman says:
        2 years ago

        Thanks, Roy.

        Last night I was sitting in an outdoor cafe as a full moon rose and a bat made its way across the sky towards me. Now, that’s Halloween!

        Reply
  14. Jeff Eardley says:
    2 years ago

    Hilarious Roy and so irreverent to all those wonderful Democrats. We could do with a UK version, starting with Boris and the awful witch, Liz Truss. Great stuff today.

    Reply
    • Roy Eugene Peterson says:
      2 years ago

      Thank you so much for the comments, Jeff. We all seem to have politicians these days that are worthy of ridicule.

      Reply

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