New Poem: BILLION DOLLAR BALLROOM

 carry that photo like a shield

 default to the dream to avoid reality

 stuck in a war you can’t end easily 

 >

 when did you buy the White House

 when did you rename it D.C. A Lago

 why are you so vain feckless destructive 

 will this extravagant ballroom display

 TRUMP in golden neon on the roof 

Poem For The White House Correspondents Dinner

 the nerd prom apparently isn’t smart enough

 to install new air filters to purge aerosols

 and it chose not to use ultraviolet Covid killing light

 maybe the organizers didn’t want people 

 to have a chance at better mass gathering health

 as they laugh at Trevor Noah’s safe jokes

 before he ascends to James Corden’s throne

New Poem: LAVA LEVEL MAD

yes, that’s what the article said
the president who can’t wear masks
doesn’t care about social distancing
wants to gather WW2 vets for a photo-op
yes, that president
he gets ‘lava level mad’
because his Navy valet
had the nerve to get sick
while doing the work
of being a butler
within range of the Commander in Chief
>
how can this happen
when the president thought
he turned up the volume on the economy
and snuffed out pesky CDC restrictions
like James Cagney killing a gangster
locked in a car trunk in WHITE HEAT
>
how can this happen
in the midst of allowing the plague
to become a wild horse escaping a corral
galloping to the nearest town‘s meat packing plant
as the president gets ready to wave his hands
saying look over here instead
watch me me me
distracting you you you
Michael Flynn no longer crucified
here’s something else about Hunter Biden
Sleepy Joe still in his basement
the usual nasty negative politics
trying to make them stick in unusual times
>
how can this happen
the president rages to his staff
as the enemy plague
secures a beachhead
in the last place he expected

Donald Trump’s Greatest Impeachment Hits

Hopefully coming soon to a House vote and Senate trial all America can watch:
1. This Rusher Thing
2. My Lester Holt Interview (spoken word)
3. Putin On Line 1
4. Ukraine Do Me A Favor
5. Rudy Don’t Fail
6. It Was A Perfect Phone Call
7. Medley: Hearsay/Second Hand News (Fleetwood Mac cover)
8. Mueller On My Mind
9. Two Story White House (duet with Melania)
10. Civil War (Desperation Time)
11. Blame Hillary
12. Pardon Me, Mike

Revised Poem: Trumpelstiltskin

Start subdued

Imagine you’re spinning

Falsehoods into votes

Then kick a hole in the floor

Kick until the hole gets bigger

Keep kicking

Harder

Harder

Harder

Until the hole is large enough

For you to fall through the floor

Dropping towards the Earth's core

As you yell:

I WON'T ACCEPT IMPEACHMENT!

And

I HATE YOU MUELLER!

And

THE WASHINGTON POST MUST GO!

And

IT’S ALL A WITCHHUNT!

Until your voice is no longer heard.

Trump Poem FROM STEREO TO MONO

[Originally written last April; posted here in wake of Chief of Staff changes and other catastrophes in Trumpworld.]

FROM STEREO TO MONO

Regulations tossed onto the bonfire
Old textbooks shrivel and crumble
Man of God fired by Man of Dry Ice
>
CEO of USA primal screams on FOX NEWS
Just wait a few moments
For another Oval Office outrage
>
Not-vetted-enough President
Keeps pushing forward unvetted people
For important public service positions
>
This is not what we were promised
This is not what we deserve