Your political sign,

the horrifying Halloween ornament

still decorating your lawn, 

suffocating contradiction
endlessly spinning in circles,

We say that we care -

well, some of us do -

but most of us just

look away while we chew

Imagine I knew of the harm early on but denied it and continued anyway. 

Hate grabs his buddies

(he’s perpetually popular)

Disposable forks

Disposable spoons 

Disposable knives

No matter how long my eyes stare at the words that form the entry inside Merriam-Webster,

I fail to see the inclusion of wishing someone dead

White people sure don’t like being uncomfortable when we talk about racism,

A turkey is pardoned, 

though he committed no crime

We can’t make the country safer for us by attacking them. We are them. They are us.

The sigh of relief when the credits roll

and we can rest assured that no animals

were harmed in the making of this movie

If you are going to insist that 

America is unable to curb gun violence,

Yes, child, if you sexually abuse women, mock the disabled, threaten to persecute a religion…

Makes me wonder how much longer

you’ll take your beef charbroiled

on the flames of global warming 

The thrill of opening night, 

less than thrilling this time

Well that’s a reasonable assertion

if you celebrate Gandhi

…but not Washington

Plants feel pain,
as we all know
I won’t trim my hedges,
I cry when I mow

They stood proudly atop their pile of victims,

thanking her (or their shallow understanding of her)

Evaluating the amount of cat barf

against the proximity to my body

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