Monday, March 18, 2019

№ 553: The Hollow Men

(with apologies to T. S. Eliot)

Mr. Trump-he said.
A kopek for the tie guy.

V

Thumbs galumphing goes Donald Trump
Donald Trump Donald Trump
Thumbs galumphing goes Donald Trump
Tweeting at five in the morning.

Between the idea
And the venality
Between the demolition
And the Act V finality
Lie follows lie

For this is the Abyss

Between the corruption
And the causation
Between the self-promotion
And the crowd's adulation
Lie follows lie

This wood be king

Between the conspiracy
And the chasm
Between the frequency
And the excrescence
Between the pretense
And the descent
Lie follows lie

For this is the Abyss

The hollow
“Conservative”
GOP submissive

This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
With this execrable pimple.