Was President Obama
born in the US?
More than three-fourths
of the way
into his presidency
and Donald Trump
still boldly refuses to affirm
what some sources
would call
"a statement of fact."
Not too long ago
Trump gave "birth"
to his own facts
about the president's heritage
and his present cageyness
suggests he is still
leveraging those facts
by omission.
Some left-wing types might call
these types of statements
a "specious platform
on which to base
a potential presidential career"
or Marco Rubio
might tell questioners
that making those inquiries
is a "waste of time"
but that sounds suspiciously
like an opinion.
This poem © 2015 Emily Cooper.
