by Bruce Bennett

“President Trump’s Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago, set to the theme of ‘The Great Gatsby,’ re-enacted the decadence of that story’s licentious era … The revelatory moment says so much about where we stand today—and what we could be lurching into next.”
—The New York Times

Gatsby’s back, alive and well.
Let the country go to Hell!
Drink and spend and have a ball!
Who says rising things must fall?

Who says we can’t spend and spend?
That “good times” are bound to end?
That one can’t just say “Old Sport”
and think that will hold the fort?

Party on, and bust, and break!
All is for the taking. Take!
Spoils are for the Well-To-Do.
Raise your glass to You Know Who.

Raise your glass and fork that cash!
Who says there will be a Crash?
See that Oval Office gleam?
Make a nightmare of the Dream.

Snatch huge profits from the loss.
Then, pay homage to the Boss.
Never suffer shame or doubt.

Dance, as that green light goes out.