Satire: ‘I’m Proud to be a Californian’

I’m Proud to be a Californian (Melody: I’m Proud to be an American)

By Laurie Baron                                                                                                                                SAN DIEGO

I woke up from my sleep today
To learn Trump had his win.
And I feared for our democracy
And the purges he’ll begin.

I thank my lucky stars
To be living in this state.
Where the voters rejected him.
His divisiveness and hate.

And I’m proud I’m in California,
Where abortion is a right,
Where we respect all genders,
And ease the migrant’s plight.

And I’ll remain here, far from Trump
In the land of Kamala.
If I get labeled
His enemy,
I’ll flee to Canada.

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Laurie Baron is a professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University