As per usual
Trump is wrong
and cannot grasp
why he is unwelcome in Pittsburgh.
What will stop hateful violence
is not more tools of violence
but changes in laws
and increases in compassion.
And sometimes people need space to mourn
before a president bombards them
with his worse alternative to "thoughts and prayers"
which is "Tweets and predation".
This poem © 2018 Emily Cooper.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
National-isms
When Trump added Middle Easterners
to the nearly-6,000-person-strong caravan
en route to the US
he made a mistake
by not just simply saying
"Everyone you hate
is coming in search
of a better life"
and letting his supporters
use their imaginations
to fill in the blank.
This poem © 2018 Emily Cooper.
to the nearly-6,000-person-strong caravan
en route to the US
he made a mistake
by not just simply saying
"Everyone you hate
is coming in search
of a better life"
and letting his supporters
use their imaginations
to fill in the blank.
This poem © 2018 Emily Cooper.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
I'ma Let You Finish
Dear America
My MAGA hat gives me super powers
dontcha know.
And some say Trump is racist
and I throw in something quick
about stop and frisk
but on my phone wallpaper
is something Trump needs
and what he needs is a badass plane made by Apple
so he'll look good
and we'll look good.
In sum
Democrats and liberals are the ones
that are focusing on racism
and they like the 13th amendment
because it outlawed slavery
which gave black people welfare
which makes them never achieve anything.
I didn't have a father figure
so it's good Hillary didn't win
because in an alternate universe
I am a loser
with a woman for a president
and my main man Trump
has that male energy
because he is a man.
In closing
the NFL should wear Trump hats
Love Kanye.
This poem © 2018 Emily Cooper.
My MAGA hat gives me super powers
dontcha know.
And some say Trump is racist
and I throw in something quick
about stop and frisk
but on my phone wallpaper
is something Trump needs
and what he needs is a badass plane made by Apple
so he'll look good
and we'll look good.
In sum
Democrats and liberals are the ones
that are focusing on racism
and they like the 13th amendment
because it outlawed slavery
which gave black people welfare
which makes them never achieve anything.
I didn't have a father figure
so it's good Hillary didn't win
because in an alternate universe
I am a loser
with a woman for a president
and my main man Trump
has that male energy
because he is a man.
In closing
the NFL should wear Trump hats
Love Kanye.
This poem © 2018 Emily Cooper.
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Dear Dishonorable Brett Kavanaugh
Now that you've been sworn in
just remember two things
one
that you were the one
who put America
through a hazing ritual
not the other way around
and two
that RBG is stronger
than she looks.
This poem © 2018 Emily Cooper.
just remember two things
one
that you were the one
who put America
through a hazing ritual
not the other way around
and two
that RBG is stronger
than she looks.
This poem © 2018 Emily Cooper.
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
HeToo
Dear President Trump
when you say it is
a "very scary time
for young men in America"
for the ones who have sexually assaulted women
or other men
it ought to be
because while there is no witch hunt
to label every man a perpetrator
the tide is slowly slowly turning
and reputations are at stake.
For the other men
known as or aspiring to be
the "good ones"
it is a time to reflect on all sexist behavior
and make a commitment
to support women
even at the cost
of some privilege
and change
even for the better
is scary
but necessary.
Maybe that's what you meant?
This poem © 2018 Emily Cooper.
when you say it is
a "very scary time
for young men in America"
for the ones who have sexually assaulted women
or other men
it ought to be
because while there is no witch hunt
to label every man a perpetrator
the tide is slowly slowly turning
and reputations are at stake.
For the other men
known as or aspiring to be
the "good ones"
it is a time to reflect on all sexist behavior
and make a commitment
to support women
even at the cost
of some privilege
and change
even for the better
is scary
but necessary.
Maybe that's what you meant?
This poem © 2018 Emily Cooper.
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