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LITERARY NOOK
Tragic Trumpty Tweeter Tales
“Then round and round, and out and in,
All day the puzzled sage did spin;
In vain—it mattered not a pin”
—William Makepeace Thackery (1811-1863)
Four Years of Lies and Spin About Him
A liar lived one time on Pennsylvania Avenue
his hair dyed yellow, white skin, eyes of blue
knowing little he tweeted nights and daytimes too
many of the tweets were about HIM
some on the media and his impeachment case
very few of his lies would he ever erase
when confronted with truth he never lost face
since his face was in love with HIM
lies about immigrants, a wall, and a space force
for four years he spent one day in five on a golf course
he watched stock markets on an international bourse
where banks had business loans involving HIM
on lying and tweeting his efforts would never slack
on Covid 19 he lied, on America he turned his back.
A Mar-a-Lago Trumpery* Tale
(The word trumpery comes from the French language, tromperie, or tromper. It means to deceive, cheat; or something showy but worthless; nonsense; rubbish.)
“And all should cry, Beware! Beware!
His flashing eyes, his floating hair.”
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge, (1772-1834)
In Mar-a-Lago did Trumpery Don
a golf course resort for rich sorts decree
and from there did other businesses run
some gone bankrupt unseen by you or me.
Fleets of lawyers quickly found
his narcissism quite fertile ground
but when payment time came round
of chink and bling there was no sound.
But oh the lies! with nary a query
plenty snorts, reports of rant and seething
spouting many a conspiracy theory
eyes bugged out, shouting, bigly breathing.
In marched Cohen, Flynn, Giuliani, and Barr
to bully for, bolster, and benefit the selfish czar.
Joey ‘Pepe Batbon’ Connolly (Special to the Saipan Tribune)
Joey aka Pepe Batbon is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is a sonnet practitioner who enjoys stargazing.
