While we are living
in the reality
in which the American chimpanzee
did not choose to storm out
of the room
or fling anything
at the other one
and by the standards
of this chimp
that is notable
we should not get it confused
with one in which
our chimp is terribly concerned
with the other's penchant
for starvation and murder
and is prepared
or even thinks there is a need
to take him to task.
In his own words
Trump apparently took at face value
that Kim Jong-un
"loves his country very much"
and has normalized
the leader's actions
by saying
"It's a rough situation over there.
It's rough in a lot of places
by the way."
This poem © 2018 Emily Cooper.
