written in response to the upcoming Senate impeachment trial of the Inciter-in-Chief, Donald Trump
cracks
in the window
of the House chamber
blood stains
down the central aisle
lines of policemen
before the Capitol
an honor guard
carries an urn up the steps
to rest in the Rotunda
ensconced
at Mar-a-Lago
the Loser-in-Chief
doomscrolls through news
of his impeachment trial
blindfolded Justice
holds her scales and sword
in morning chill
Trump fans and foes shouting
take back OUR country
FYI: Trump legacy: Personal responsibility is for suckers and GOP means "Grievances On Parade,"Jill Lawrence, USA Today, Feb. 8: Trump's Senate impeachment trial and fake victims Josh Hawley and Marjorie Taylor Greene symbolize the Republican descent into whiny entitlement.
Added: One Hundred Seventy-Seventh Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary, written on the eve of the Senate impeachment trial and in response to the "Trumphole dilemma" (Liu-esque equivalent of "alcohol dilemma," coined and copyrighted by this Trumpholic poet)
each word I write
about the Loser-in-Chief
morphs into red spikes ...
my quarantined mind mismatched
with the mouth of my Muse
This tanka sequence could be read as a sequel to the following poem:
ReplyDeleteInciter-In-Chief
We will never give up, we will never concede. You'll never take back our country with weakness! You have to show strength! -- "twice-impeached president," Donald Trump
From inflammatory words come violent actions -- on the steps of the Reichstag and now in the Capitol. -- Germany’s Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas
morning chill
a river of floating
MAGA hats
noonday sun
"Do the right thing," a twist
to the President's mouth
a smiling white man
waves the Confederate flag
Capitol hallway
her bloody handprint
on "Nothing Can Stop Us"
gathering dusk
FBI most wanted
a silhouette in the window
of the Oval Office
"Trump Impeachment"
the border wall higher
than the setting sun
NeverEnding Story, Jan. 13 2021