
Poems and an occasional Essay
Ruminations of an Angry Cow
Watching the Election Results
Yes, child, if you sexually abuse women, mock the disabled, threaten to persecute a religion…
Hypothetically Speaking
If I were, hypothetically, president of the United States and not racist or homophobic, and hate crimes and intimidation were being carried out in my name
Until His Sharpie Runs Dry
Lies raged unabated
Facts drowned with the tide
As they try to keep him in power
This Kneeling On Their Knees Crap
If only these football players would have voiced their concerns respectfully like their president does…
Failed Poetry
I try to write a poem expressing my views on current politics
but I only end up plagiarizing Robert De Niro
And I Thought You Liked “Telling It Like It Is”
But when we point out
that Trump is a racist, y’all
get all snowflakey
Mexico Said No, Though You Never Ask for Consent
Standard procedure, par for your course
You don’t seek permission, you have no remorse
One if by Sea, Two if by Airport
Listen, my children, and you shall hear
of the president who couldn’t think very clear,
on the fourth of July, twenty-nineteen:
when rain malfunctioned his teleprompter machine
The President Who Cried Wolf
A desire to tell the truth still eluded him
despite all the sheep who had suffered under his negligent care
Orwell Seems Less Like Fiction Every Passing Day
The swamp is swampier, the debt is, um, debtier,
and Mexico hasn’t paid a fucking dime towards a non-existent wall
An Apology to My Red Baseball Hat
You sit neglected,
like the last kid to be picked at recess
Voting, Because the Toilet Won’t Unclog Itself
Sometimes Democracy gets clogged with
greed and corruption, lies and obstruction
The Question on Everyone’s Mind
Mr. President, a question I’d like to pursue,
What the fuck is wrong with you?!