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
