Friday, March 27, 2020

A Room of My Own: CovidiotInChief Haiku

14th Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary: "Laughing" in the Face of Adversity
written in response to "No Canadian" Trending on Twitter

CovidiotInChief: plan to send troops along the US— ——— —— .... Canada border


Added: 15th Entry: a profile of Covidiots with guns

100 more
coronavirus deaths --

the lineup curls
around the parking lot
of a gun megastore

Note: CovidiotInChief's fanciful covid19 plan reminds me of my "Trump's inauguration tanka:"

first chilly night
after the inauguration
in my dream
a gray wall between USA
and Canada

Atlas Poetica, 29, 2017

4 comments:

  1. Please read this "alarmingly funny" CTV News, 'No Canadian' trends after Donald Trump floats idea of U.S. troops at border during COVID-19 pandemic, accessed at https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/no-canadian-trends-after-donald-trump-floats-idea-of-u-s-troops-at-border-during-covid-19-pandemic-1.4869705

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    1. See CBC's Power & Politics: Canada strongly opposes U.S. stationing troops near shared border, accessed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLSmmwN8CjM

      The Canadian government says it's "strongly opposed" to an American proposal that would see U.S. troops stationed on the border to stop illegal border crossings as part of the plan to slow the spread of COVID-19.

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    2. See this shocking CTV news, "U.S. President Trump says troops are already at the Canadian border," accessed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gVvkvIdcYg

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  2. Al Jazeera: "Coronavirus triggers panic-buying of guns in US"

    The coronavirus pandemic is sinking economies around the globe, including the United States, where nonessential businesses are closing in several states. But some businesses, including guns, grocery stores, delivery services and pizza shops are seeing a boom in sales. Al Jazeera's John Hendren reports from Chicago, accessed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSweCN9B-mk

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