A Room of My Own: BombafterBomb and MurderafterMurder Tanka

Trump Empire, Inc, XXXIX

bombafterbomb

silencing everything below ...

D.C.'s skies explode 

with murderaftermurder

of shape-shifting crows

FYI: The Guardian, June 22: No matter what Trump says, the US has gone to war

Trump has fallen slap bang into the trap laid for him by Netanyahu. His reckless gamble makes a nuclear weapon for Iran more, not less, likely

And this tanka could be read as a prequel to mine bewlo:

the butcher

throwing more meat

into his grinder 

the wall-mounted TV blasts

war after war ...

Ribbons, 20:1, Winter 2024

In "contrast" with the following tanka:

There's no gap or break

In the rank of those marching

Under the hill:

An endless line of dying men,

Moving on and on and on ...

Buddhist monk-poet Saigyo (1118–1190 AD)

And Rolling Stone, June 22: ‘The Onion’ Mocks Congress’ ‘Cowardice’ in ‘New York Times’ Full Page Editorial

We teeter on the brink of collapse into an authoritarian state. That is why, today, The Onion calls upon our lawmakers to sit back and do absolutely nothing.

Members of Congress—now, more than ever, our nation desperately needs your cowardice.

Now is not the time for bravery or valor! This is the time for protecting your own hide and lining your pocket. Now is not the time for listening to your idiotic constituents drone on about what’s happening to their precious democracy. This is the time for getting down on all fours and groveling.”