Dog Days Doggerels: Today's States of Play in the US of A or Where Were You When the World Ended...?

“When going’s tough, the tough get going,”

Socrates scolds Saturday. 
(“When rowing’s rough, the rough go rowing"'s 

rarely read this latter way.) 
[As for me...? I phone for towing. 

“Yes I can!” I cannot say.] 
 
Woods 'n' weeds in Westworld...? Glowing. 

Fires 'n' floods leave natives numb. 
Mountains...? Mummified: no snowing!

How'll fresh water now forthcome...? 
[As for me...? I’m “Me is woe!”ing. 

(Or I, worse, play deaf and dumb.)] 
 
White supremacists keep crowing.

Equal rights...? Whose...? (Let me see...)

Unrav'ling homeland quilts need sewing

if we'd democratic be.

[As for me...? I'm towels in throwing.

Purple states look grey to me.]

Drumpf would plumpf for "Quid pro quo"ing,

acts transactional enact.

Far-fringe-right-wing horns keep blowing:

Pence 'n' Congress hacks attack'd!

[As for me...? I'm white flags showing,

yearning for altern'tive fact.]

CEOs at Shell and Boeing 

vie for share, cry “I’ve got dibs!” 

Homeless...? Starved, their numbers growing. 

(Note those frail unbloated ribs!) 
[As for me...? With Homer “Doh!”ing, 

wan, we don our lobster bibs.]

Economies...? All stall'd or slowing.

Quickly ocean temps wax hot.

Clouds appear -- clouds of unknowing.

Learning left us...? Not a lot.

[As for me...? I'm "cuppa joe"ing.

(I've this javaddiction got.)]

Ask'd "Are reparations owing...?"

whites reply, "Why'd I be fined...?

Slave stuff pass'd 'fore I got going."

[As for me...? The same old bind:

I'm "to 'n' fro"ing, "yes 'n' no"ing...:

when will it wake up (my mind)...?]

Is one answer "sis 'n' bro"ing...?

Malcolm thought so; so did King.

On each creature, love bestowing...?

Shall such salve solve ev'rything...?

[As for me...? I must be going

while's left time for one last fling.]