The footage
in Donald Trump's television ad
(well at least
his first official campaign-sponsored ad
for himself)
features non-Mexican
Moroccan-born migrants
who are entering
the Spanish autonomous city of Melilla
on the African coast.
Says campaign manager
Corey Lewandowski
"No shit
it's in Morocco."
That settles that.
Emotional visual metaphor
is all well and good
or at least
a highly-indulged-in
trope of campaign ads
but upon hearing the line
calling “for a temporary shutdown
of Muslims entering the United States
until we can figure out
what’s going on”
the public
may be conveniently persuaded
that when it comes
to invasions
spelling doesn't count.
(And hey this time
at least the two countries
have the same
first and last letters.)
This poem © 2016 Emily Cooper.
