Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Bushwhacked

Donald Trump's presence
in the White House

turns the rest of reality
on its axis

such that the man
who started two wars
in the Middle East

authorized enhanced interrogation techniques
and put the country
trillions of dollars in debt

(for example)

can say of our current president

“I don’t like the racism
and I don’t like the name-calling
and I don’t like the people feeling alienated.”



This poem © 2017 Emily Cooper

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

A Jerk and a Chicken

(Apologies to Rihanna and Drake)
(Sung by Donald Trump in bad rendition of reggae song)

Trust I'm not deserting
At Mar-a-Lago I am lurking
The fake news media don't like it
But the Fox, they are the nicest

I'm prepared to handle ISIS
You know I'll tweet in any crisis

I believe in the crowds' adoration
I'm stupid and mean and impatient
I treat you all like ego decoration
Told you I have no moral foundation

All that I wanted from you was to give me the
Attention that I've always had
Privilege that I've always seen
Coddled like I've always been

Mm-hmm
A fine-tuned machine don't get nothing wrong
Just get ready for

Work work work work work work
Act like I never
Work work work work work work
They see me
Playing golf golf golf golf golf golf

Say me and Putin ain't gon'
Work work work work work work
Sad sad sad sad sad sad
I refuse to learn learn learn learn learn learn

Don't agree wit' me
get spurned spurned spurned spurned spurned spurned

This poem © 2017 Emily Cooper

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Out Like Flynn

Donald Trump's
National Security Adviser
Michael T. Flynn

has resigned
after admitting he misled Vice President Pence

about the subject of his conversations
with the Russian ambassador Sergey I. Kislyak

just after the election

reviving questions about the closeness
of the President's ties to the country.

Maybe one of these days
if not on Valentine's Day

Trump will realize
he was conned

into a one-sided bromance.


This poem © 2017 Emily Cooper

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Don't Need No Education

Betsy DeVos

private school attendee

you have now been appointed
Donald Trump's Secretary of Education

with Vice President Mike Pence
giving the tiebreaking vote.

Lest you forget

in March of 2016
you called then-one-of-many-candidates Trump
an "interloper"
who "does not represent
the Republican party"

but not in a positive sense.

You have been selected
by our president
to be an interloper

and this poet asks
that in your crusade for school choice

you preserve the choice
that so many families have made

(and by the way
the basis
of your assigned role)

for free and public education.

And if you don't do so

they'll be happy
to educate you.


This poem © 2017 Emily Cooper