Two days ago
the President of the United States
tweeted racist attacks
against new Representatives Ilhan Omar
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Rashida Tlaib
and Ayanna Pressley
saying
"So interesting to see 'Progressive' Democrat Congresswomen,
who originally came from countries
whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe,
the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world
(if they even have a functioning government at all),
now loudly and viciously telling the people of the United States,
the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run.
Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken
and crime infested places
from which they came."
Three of the four Congresswomen
were born in the United States
leaving this poet to conclude
that Trump is unwittingly acknowledging
the "complete and total catastrophe"
of his own country's government.
This poem © 2019 Emily Cooper.
