No Moaning for the Barr

No Moaning for the Barr

Trump is thy evening star,
and when he calls for thee
there will be no stopping of the Barr
from bending at the knee.

Night comes and voters bell
and after that defeat
and there will be no sadness of farewell
when they retreat,

for though from our country‘s place
the knaves did bear us far
they will see the devil face to face,
and we Joe Biden’s star

Marshall Sahlins is the Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Chicago. His books include: Stone Age Economics, The Western Illusion of Human Nature and On Kings (with David Graeber).