Tuesday, May 26, 2020

№ 864: An Imperial Intrigue

SLEEPLESS IN DC (May 25) 
It’s essential I find someone to blame
before this disease is attached to my name.

The “Spanish Flu” wasn't Spanish.
The Black Plague, not Black. (Rats and fleas!)
The current pandemic, Goddamnit,
though I say it is, it isn’t Chinese.
It would be a total pain in the rump
were Covid-19 deemed la maladie Trump.
(By Hydroxychloroquine, my elixir of Life!
La maladie Trump? Is that my wife?)

I need a crown. Perhaps a throne? OR
Imperial laurels. I do not want a corona!