RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: TRADE
Friends and Adversaries
We used to be the best of friends
Now we pose a threat
On trade our friendship now depends
The balance of our debt
For Canada and Mexico
Our patience has grown thin
The tariff threat will come and go
And neither side will win
Brazil was once our ally
When Bolsonaro was in charge
But Trump and Lula will not lie
Their relationship is hard
We used to like democracies
At the least we gave the lie
Now we only like autocracies
That virtue would defy
We need to find our truth again
We’ve lost it in the haze
Let’s move to where we’ve never been
Those better, brighter days
