The Three Witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth‘The Three Democrats of the 2020 Election’ by Phil S. Rogers, after Macbeth The Society October 29, 2022 Covid-19, Culture, Poetry, Satire, Shakespeare 18 Comments . The Three Democrats of the 2020 Election after Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 1 Scene: Thunder illuminates a 2020 calendar page in an undisclosed conference room where a pot bubbles on an electric stovetop. Enter the Three Democrats. FIRST DEMOCRAT Thrice each democrat will vote. SECOND DEMOCRAT Thrice at least, and we will gloat. THIRD DEMOCRAT Yes, we’ll have them by the throat. FIRST DEMOCRAT Covid is a good excuse; No one will suspect abuse; Mail-in ballots are the way; Voter fraud will win the day; Make sure all the dead enroll, Also migrants on the dole. ALL Watch how bursts the Trumpster’s bubble, Behind three masks our laughs will double. SECOND DEMOCRAT Round about the cauldron go; In the stolen ballots throw. To knock this once great country flat, Virus from a Chinese bat, Lies of Fauci, scarves of Birx, Socialist heart where envy lurks. ALL Watch how bursts the Trumpster’s bubble, Behind three masks our laughs will double. THIRD DEMOCRAT Poison newsprint full of lies, Tears an aborted baby cries, Marxist workbooks from our schools, All the words we brand those fools: “Nazi, white supremacist, Racist, fascist, toxi-cist.” ALL Watch how bursts the Trumpster’s bubble, Behind three masks our laughs will double. . . Phil S. Rogers is a sixth generation Vermonter, age 72, now retired, and living in Texas. He served in the United States Air Force and had a career in real estate and banking. He previously published Everlasting Glory, a historical work that tells the story of each of the men from Vermont that was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Civil War. NOTE TO READERS: If you enjoyed this poem or other content, please consider making a donation to the Society of Classical Poets. The Society of Classical Poets does not endorse any views expressed in individual poems or commentary. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Trending now: 18 Responses Adela October 29, 2022 One of the best poems that explains the truth about the last election and the 2020 year of the liberals, excellent indeed! Reply Phil S. Rogers October 29, 2022 Thank you, Adela. I appreciate your nice comment. Reply Jeff Eardley October 29, 2022 Great to read Phil and very clever. And we thought our English politics were complicated. Has the Trumpster’s bubble finally burst, along with our Boris? Reply Phil S. Rogers October 29, 2022 Thank You Jeff, with my apologies to Shakespeare, it was fun to write. Reply Russel Winick October 29, 2022 Very enjoyable Phil – fine work! Reply Phil S. Rogers October 29, 2022 Thank you Russel, a little humor and satire is needed these days. Reply Norma Pain October 29, 2022 Fantastic format, very clever and so much fun to read. Thank you Phil. Reply Phil S. Rogers October 29, 2022 It was fun to take such a famous scene and use it to make a political point. Thank you for your nice comment. Reply Paul Freeman October 30, 2022 Interesting satirical look at the conspiracy theories revolving around the 2020 election. How many, if any, are true, only time will tell. Reply Phil S. Rogers October 30, 2022 Hi Paul; We may find out the real truth on some of what has happened, but I am afraid much will remain controversial forever. Reply Mike Bryant October 30, 2022 The poem is amazing! I bet you started laughing when you had the idea. Shakespeare would definitely approve. By the way… have you heard the latest conspiracy theories? Joe Biden is actually brilliant and his policies are saving the world! Kamala Harris only appears.to be an idiot. She is actually saving the world! The Covid Vaccines actually work! Pfizer is saving the world! British expats who work for foreign oil company/countries know everything because the foreign press is saving the world! I forgot one. Trans counseling, drugging, gaslighting and mutilating of minors is saving the world! Reply Phil S. Rogers October 30, 2022 Thank you Mike. Actually I had the idea quite a while ago, then let it go and finally came back to it. I admit, I did chuckle at the idea. Reply Susan Jarvis Bryant October 30, 2022 Wonderfully conceived and executed with a fine eye on today’s dilemmas… a huge slice of fun with a big steaming dollop of truth on top. Thank you! Reply C.B. Anderson October 31, 2022 Sadly, Phil, the Democrats are even worse than your depiction of them. I’d like to see the entire play. Reply Cynthia Erlandson October 31, 2022 A wonderful idea, very well carried out, and fun (in spite of the scary subject!) Reply Adam Wasem October 31, 2022 Great fun, Phil. Let’s hope we don’t end up referring to this one as “The Scottish Election, Part Two.” Reply Margaret Coats October 31, 2022 Macbeth is my favorite play, and this is the best of our Halloween poems! Reply Laura Lesinski November 10, 2022 Wonderful! Love it. Makes my cauldron runneth over. Reply Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Adela October 29, 2022 One of the best poems that explains the truth about the last election and the 2020 year of the liberals, excellent indeed! Reply
Jeff Eardley October 29, 2022 Great to read Phil and very clever. And we thought our English politics were complicated. Has the Trumpster’s bubble finally burst, along with our Boris? Reply
Phil S. Rogers October 29, 2022 Thank You Jeff, with my apologies to Shakespeare, it was fun to write. Reply
Phil S. Rogers October 29, 2022 Thank you Russel, a little humor and satire is needed these days. Reply
Norma Pain October 29, 2022 Fantastic format, very clever and so much fun to read. Thank you Phil. Reply
Phil S. Rogers October 29, 2022 It was fun to take such a famous scene and use it to make a political point. Thank you for your nice comment. Reply
Paul Freeman October 30, 2022 Interesting satirical look at the conspiracy theories revolving around the 2020 election. How many, if any, are true, only time will tell. Reply
Phil S. Rogers October 30, 2022 Hi Paul; We may find out the real truth on some of what has happened, but I am afraid much will remain controversial forever. Reply
Mike Bryant October 30, 2022 The poem is amazing! I bet you started laughing when you had the idea. Shakespeare would definitely approve. By the way… have you heard the latest conspiracy theories? Joe Biden is actually brilliant and his policies are saving the world! Kamala Harris only appears.to be an idiot. She is actually saving the world! The Covid Vaccines actually work! Pfizer is saving the world! British expats who work for foreign oil company/countries know everything because the foreign press is saving the world! I forgot one. Trans counseling, drugging, gaslighting and mutilating of minors is saving the world! Reply
Phil S. Rogers October 30, 2022 Thank you Mike. Actually I had the idea quite a while ago, then let it go and finally came back to it. I admit, I did chuckle at the idea. Reply
Susan Jarvis Bryant October 30, 2022 Wonderfully conceived and executed with a fine eye on today’s dilemmas… a huge slice of fun with a big steaming dollop of truth on top. Thank you! Reply
C.B. Anderson October 31, 2022 Sadly, Phil, the Democrats are even worse than your depiction of them. I’d like to see the entire play. Reply
Cynthia Erlandson October 31, 2022 A wonderful idea, very well carried out, and fun (in spite of the scary subject!) Reply
Adam Wasem October 31, 2022 Great fun, Phil. Let’s hope we don’t end up referring to this one as “The Scottish Election, Part Two.” Reply
Margaret Coats October 31, 2022 Macbeth is my favorite play, and this is the best of our Halloween poems! Reply