Dear John Bolton
After writing in your book
that Trump tied aid to Ukraine
to his request
that the country
announce investigations into the Bidens
I still don't think
I like you
as a person
but thank you.
This poem © 2020 Emily Cooper.
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Dream On
Kellyanne Conway
when asked why President Trump
was not formally celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
after saying he believed
much of what the civil rights leader stood for
said she did not believe it was
"within Dr. King's vision to have Americans
dragged through a process
where the president is not going to be removed from office"
and added
"I think that anybody who cares about
'and justice for all'
on today or any day of the year
will appreciate the fact
that the president now
will have a full-throttle defense
on the facts."
But perhaps she's right.
Because after all
who knows
what MLK really would've
thought of a man
who in a past life
kept minorities from living
in his housing units
and in a current life
takes to Twitter
and the stage to antagonize
nearly everyone
except himself?
Or maybe
just maybe
in her first statement
she's saying
that Americans will have wasted their time
putting up with this whole trial business
unless it ends with the satisfying conclusion
of having Trump removed from office?
(Perhaps not.)
This poem © 2020 Emily Cooper.
when asked why President Trump
was not formally celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
after saying he believed
much of what the civil rights leader stood for
said she did not believe it was
"within Dr. King's vision to have Americans
dragged through a process
where the president is not going to be removed from office"
and added
"I think that anybody who cares about
'and justice for all'
on today or any day of the year
will appreciate the fact
that the president now
will have a full-throttle defense
on the facts."
But perhaps she's right.
Because after all
who knows
what MLK really would've
thought of a man
who in a past life
kept minorities from living
in his housing units
and in a current life
takes to Twitter
and the stage to antagonize
nearly everyone
except himself?
Or maybe
just maybe
in her first statement
she's saying
that Americans will have wasted their time
putting up with this whole trial business
unless it ends with the satisfying conclusion
of having Trump removed from office?
(Perhaps not.)
This poem © 2020 Emily Cooper.
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Life Sentences
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
announced today
that the House would be voting tomorrow
on a resolution
to name the impeachment managers
for the President's Senate trial
and transmit the articles
to the chamber.
Said Mitch McConnell
"It will fall to us
to do what the founders intended--
to take the long view
move beyond partisan passions
and do what the long-term good
of our institutions and our nation demands."
Since
despite any illusions to the contrary
he is actually speaking Trump-loyalist-ese
this most likely means
Trump will remain in office
but as Pelosi reminded us
Trump is still
"impeached for life."
And as Prince told us
"That's a mighty long time."
This poem © 2020 Emily Cooper.
announced today
that the House would be voting tomorrow
on a resolution
to name the impeachment managers
for the President's Senate trial
and transmit the articles
to the chamber.
Said Mitch McConnell
"It will fall to us
to do what the founders intended--
to take the long view
move beyond partisan passions
and do what the long-term good
of our institutions and our nation demands."
Since
despite any illusions to the contrary
he is actually speaking Trump-loyalist-ese
this most likely means
Trump will remain in office
but as Pelosi reminded us
Trump is still
"impeached for life."
And as Prince told us
"That's a mighty long time."
This poem © 2020 Emily Cooper.
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