Kellyanne Conway
knows Donald Trump
speaks in lies
and she must knowingly use lies to bolster
the new president's alternate reality
as something the public should accept
by declaring the existence
of "alternative facts"
about the size
of his inauguration attendance.
Stephen Colbert invented the word "truthiness"
on The Colbert Report
during the Bush administration
but has now been outdone
by the Trump administration's authentic use
of real and transparent dishonesty.
This poem © 2017 Emily Cooper
