For months ahead of the solar eclipse
scientists warned Americans
about the dangers of gazing
at the life-giving celestial body
without special glasses
when it is anything less
than completely obscured
by the moon
articulating what it would say
if it could talk
which is
in short
"If you look at me
you're gonna get burned."
Far be it from anyone of decency
to wish partial blindness
on someone who deliberately disobeyed
the repeated warnings
Donald Trump's eyes
which he nakedly exposed
for several seconds
before he was yelled at to stop
may at least
finally face a consequence
for their reckless behavior.
This poem © 2017 Emily Cooper.
