Yellowing Memories, VIII
written in response to The Telegraph, August 15: Putin prepares nuclear missile tests in veiled threat to West
we ducked and covered
like Bert the Turtle at school
as sirens howled ...
decades later, I still feel the heat
of our skin against skin
FYI: "Duck and Cover" staring Bert the Turtle is a 1951 "Civil Defense film"/propaganda, as the cornerstone of the government's "duck and cover" public awareness campaign.
And January 28, 2025 Doomsday Clock Announcement: 89 seconds to midnight
Added: Trump Empire, Inc, LII
written in response to The New Yorker, August 15, 2025: Trump’s Self-Own Summit with Putin
Even the puffery-prone President couldn’t alchemize his non-deal with Russia into Trumpian gold.
Staging/Self-Owning
on a red carpet
the Convicted Felon
and the War Crimial
shake hands with pats on the arm ...
both grin broadly to the World
President Putin
will you stop killing civilians?
with a dead-eyed look
he shrugs before entering
Trump's bulletproof Beast
FYI: Highly customized and heavily armored, the presidential limo, officially known as the presidential state car and nicknamed “The Beast” in 2001 by President George W. Bush, is more a tank than a limousine for the President.
Added: Trump Empire, Inc, LIII
warm handshakes
on a red carpet
and a joint limo ride
as fighter jets fly overhead ...
made-for-Fox-News non-event
FYI: Fox News, August 16: Putin ‘got away without doing anything’ at summit with Trump
The Daily Beast, August 14: Longtime Trump biographer Michael Wolff: Trump Circles Drop F-Bomb After Failure Trump-Putin Summit
And NPR, August 16: Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit.
Added: Trump Empire, Inc, LIV
Epstein files news
the rasp, rasping
of cicadas
Added:
gathering dark
beyond the barbed wire fence
a shrill squealing
Added:
the long strip
of neon-lit roadside motels
a woman in red
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