I TOLD YOU SO (TRUMP BOMBING IRAN, COMPARING TO JAPAN)

 From my poem BUNKER BLUSTER

 [he’ll compare himself to]

 supersized Harry Truman

 helping to spread radioactivity 

 until the enemy begs for mercy 

And here’s a GUARDIAN headline: 

Israel-Iran live news: Donald Trump likens US strikes on Iran to atomic bombing of Hiroshima

New Poem: BUNKER BLUSTER

 he’s a transactional president 

 a rancid Santa Claus

 activating the lesser angels

 punching the Fourth Estate

 into face value cheerleading 

 because that’s expected in wartime

 both at home and in Iran

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 in a few minutes

 he may try to sell America 

 on the notion that it was just a

 quick bomb drop, only three targets

 and he’s supersized Harry Truman

 helping to spread radioactivity 

 until the enemy begs for mercy 

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 chaos chaos everywhere 

 and it all could have been prevented 

 >

 rally around the the upside down flag

DONALD TRUMP’S NEW GREATEST HITS

 1. All Alone at G7

 2. Hey Alberta Premier, Wanna Be Governor of the 51st State?

 3. Don’t Rain On My Parade 

 4. It’s Hegseth’s Fault (Marines in L.A.)

 5.  I Only Listen to Captains of Industry

 6.  Persecuting Brown People in Blue Cities

 7.  Playing Air Guitar to Instrumental Version of Fortunate Son 

 8.  Don’t Make Me Declare Martial Law 

New Poem KRISTI NOEM FREESTYLE

Oh Kristi

I don't know what it's like to be calculated you  

but I'd never want to bathe in that kind of triumphalism 

to pose with collagen lips

and work done on the face

intended to freeze you at age 33

with people behind you, 

imprisoned, in misery

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Holding a press conferences

where you treat a senator of the United States with contempt 

by not answering his valid question 

and allowing him to be taken outside 

handcuffed on the floor

Steel fist, performative cruelty

You're among the worst of Trump’s America

Revised Poem: LIFE DURING TRUMPTIME

this ain't no party 

this ain't no Chick-fil-a 

this ain't no fooling around 

no more media elites and celebrity effetes 

we don't have time for that now 

we dress like cowboys 

we dress like churchgoers 

we all stand up and vote 

we do not worry about secrets and lies

or being influenced by Russian spies 

it’s all fake news’s fault 

this ain’t no establishment party 

this ain’t no health care welfare abortion state

this ain’t no place for NEA or PBS

we don’t want that smart stuff now

don’t worry about tariffs

just pay more for Wal-Mart

stick it to the countries 

we’re told to hate this week

take us back Donald and J.D.

make it great to be bigoted again

don’t want to care about DEI 

or gender change or deported citizens 

sensitivity is the new original sin