Sunday, April 19, 2020

New Poem: THE BRIEFING GOES ON WITHOUT ME

it’s every day except for holidays
press keeps social distance in tiny room
except when it moves to Rose Garden
president throws pandemic aside
to yell about Us Versus Them
and punish reporters within and without
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Anthony and Deborah walk a line
as thin as dental floss
so they can stay in the room
and occasionally talk real science
when not being humiliated
and bent like a Gumby doll
to serve the needs of president and industry
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cable pundits complain
network execs say he’s the president
so we have to show his bluster and lies
just like his campaign rallies in 16
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please pull your eyeballs from the screen
read about actual facts and figures
make informed decisions
put the black ink blot in correct circle
to end at least some of this nightmare
when we make it to November

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