HERE AND NOW (July 20) —
With global warming storming reality,
with climate conforming to tropicality,
with Trump's COVID-19 response nonchalance,
with the whole world going to hell all at once,
with high hurricane season nearly upon us,
with vote suppression forcing four more years on us,
with fields of grain replaced by banana plantations,
with our becoming a pariah nation,
with his leading us where we once would not stomach,
Donnie made us a banana republic.
No, don't hope — I wouldn't hope if I were you.
— Brandon Thomas, Charley's Aunt