if you close your eyes to the words but listen only for the music
it moves like a sermon.
if you listen as you would to whispered grass, the joyous buzz of wasps at harvest,
the modest song of sparrows,
there’s rhythm like the best bits in the bible.
it’s a pity that his people are so vociferous
so dumb.
but those solemn intonations –
who taught him that, & does he know? what he’s doing exactly,
the magic he spins.
he merely seems to be, like the docetist says of Jesus,
so he doesn’t suffer, for he’s all god
& nothing human.
june 2020
What delicious helpings of irony flow down the page!
The best ‘Trump’ piece I have read.
It’s an unexpected take that creates a harmonic vibe with the imagery, in stark contradiction to the fervour of the mob popularly moved by his shambles. Magnificent.
I wonderfully literate comment, too, sommer
Trump V’s the Deep State. Capt. America V Hydra; Bond V Spectre…The Trump family connection to the inventions of Nikola Tesla could account for his confidence and lilt. (and the second term he’ll likely be having) The ‘grass’, ‘wasps’, and ‘sparrows’ line is lovely
Thank you all. i think he will get 2nd term too. i’m happy about the harmonic vibe and- the best trump poem. there must be a lot.