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fake president

talkshows and the yellow press

get excited in excess

over his shenanigans

that delight his faithful fans

 

rumors of these *** affairs

strong words for all macho players

     in the game of social thrones

texts with threatening undertones

     for minorities and women

     treating immigrants like demons

 

neither fans nor his opponents 

seem to notice the components

of the white house strategy

 

     throw them bones

     fodder for the yellow press

 

and while  they fight

clandestinely out of sight

works the Trumpian policy

 

money laundering   blatant lies

scolding allies   breaking ties

adoring foes   praising those

     usurpers of democracies

     experts in atrocities

slowly yet persistently

     undermine  civility  

     with foul language 

fill all courts with servile judges

 

court the aristocracies 

         of oil sheikdoms in the East

praising communist dictators

who have helped him build his towers

 

step by step he‘s leading US

from the groups of international powers

to an isolation desert

at the margins of the world

slogans we have rarely heard

over decades  

      now re-nourished

twittered with presidential flourish

make America small again

 

warning voices call in vain

 

no wonder the statue of liberty

is hiding her face in misery (*)

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Written by
wwhoelbling
Published
Jul 26, 2018
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(*) This at the moment still is 'fake news' - but I would not be surprised if she did...!

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