Who knew that Aaron Carter
the former party-pop sensation
and younger brother
of former Backstreet Boy
Nick Carter
even with his equal parts-military cadence
and pep rally-style
hit from 2002
called "America A O"
(which actually includes
in un-Trumpian fashion
"half black
white
Spanish"
and "Chinese"
in the list of people
to whom he requests
"show me what you got"
in the friendliest sense)
would tweet his support
for Donald Trump
and thereby indicate his approval
of the "Our parents
made us do this"
freelance "Freedom Kids"
rather than Bernie Sanders
who has no official mascots
but fans who make
catchy and moving music videos
which actually articulate
his intended policy goals
and continuously spoken and lived values?
Carter has since
had to defend his endorsement
in a continuous stream of tweets
telling fans he believed
Trump would support gay rights
but would not vote for him
if he didn't.
That may be an optimistic view
of the candidate
whose response to his endorsement
by former Grand Wizard
of the Ku Klux Klan
Dr. David Duke
was "I disavow it.
Okay?"
This poem © 2016 Emily Cooper.
