LITERARY NOOK
Trumpty Twitter Termination Tales
Our Father of Failure
(Hail the hypocritical hero of hype and hyperbole)
“As that through long continuance of his course,
Me seemes the world is runne quite out of square,
From the first point of his appointed sourse, and
being once amisse growes daily wourse and wourse.”
—Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) The Faerie Queene.
Our Father of Failure who lives in what you call a ‘dump’
Swallow your lying game legacy of blame and shame
Thy Blingdom’s numb, thy will be perfunctorily done
By all Republican Senators under the Washington sun
With the exception of one grandpa Senator from Utah
Forgive your Cabinet this day for not telling the truth
They don’t want to be fired or moved away from work
By the ignorant sycophants you have surrounding you
May you be led away from your temptation to insult
Degrade others leader’s merits and be very vindictive
As has been your daily elective and DELIVER US
After the election from your cruel immigration policy
Separating innocent infants and children from parents
For thine is now a diminished kingdom coming down
You disgrace it every passing hour, its office and glory.
Trump’s Terminal Tee Time Totals Today
(The truth about loot and lies on the losing leader’s links)
Cost for Air Force One to Mar-A- Lago $142 K per hour.
On 11/28/20 golf outing at Trump National outside D.C.
COVID-19 totals in America,14 million cases, 279 K dead.
On Fox and Friends 2014 interview criticizing Obama,
“I’m going to sort of give it (golf) up for a couple of
years and I’m going to focus on the job.” On 08/2016
45 said, “I’m not going to have time to play golf.”
Caddies call him ‘Pele’ for kicking balls, rough to fairway.
10/14/2014, in a Trump tweet, “President Obama spent
the day playing golf. Worse than Carter.” Carter not a golfer.
WAPO lists Mar-a-Lago trips at $61 million for first two years
in office with trips to other golf courses estimate of $142 million
Golf outings: Obama 306 in 8 years; Trump 292+ in 4 years.
Trump average rounds of golf per week during presidency: 1.4.
For short poetry diners, here are some senryu one liners:
bottomless pit, full of self-pity, 45’s narcissisity.
45’s learning curve, leans to gutter balls, as he falls.
pardon me, pardon who, Pence pardon me too.
no smile, for himself goes the long mile, King of Denial.
lying media? fake news? Trump miscues.
Twitter swats Trump, his ratings in the dump, loser slump.
Trump Twitter trap, a D.C. wash and rap, cyber claptrap.
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.