indicted Russian spies; this takes the cake
as Donny plans a tête-à-tête with Vlad
alone, behind closed doors, a yuge mistake

but ‘all of this is fake’ they’ll say, so sad…
the trumpsters can’t admit that they’ve been had

~kat

Final installment of this week’s Terza Rima featuring “Headlines”. It reads a bit like a nightmare all told, as you can see by the finished version in total below. What we recently learned (today’s headline) is that the Russian government did indeed hack democratic email and electoral servers, and very likely has also had a hand in other democratic processes around the globe including the Brexit outcome. All part of a grand plan to disrupt democracy and drive a wedge between allies who have long fought side by side against tyranny with trump complicit in the scheme. A one-on-one “summit” is still going forward on Monday, trump says; no witnesses, no notetakers. We will never know the truth about what happens there, but it’s a good guess that Putin will be tightening the strings on his favorite puppet, congratulating him for a job well done at NATO and in the U.K. this past week, while also strongly suggesting that trump and his minions put an end, once and for all, to the investigation in the U.S. Like I said, it’s a nightmare. I wish it really was a nightmare, in fact, one that we could wake up from, realizing that none of this is true. ☹️

Headlines

lost niños, trapped in cages, unsafe, keep
minors in a cave, worlds away, found
valued in unequal measure, mothers weep

angry throngs at eateries, pols surround
aghast, the marked elite demand civility
long dead at their own hand, the burned stand ground

jesters entertaining kleptocracy
while the kangaroo court is in session
oligarchs cash in on democracy

just for sport, midst chaos, a diversion,
pour la France, la victoire a un goût sucré
goaled advance toward world domination

while allies deal with Vlad’s dim protege
a baby blimp, above the palace, looms
vain, indecorous trumping underway

hosting cold tea, the Queen, with a buffoon
who’s sure to tweet about their great rapport
as talking heads explode in fake news rooms

Slytherin beasts roast a lawman for sport
to assert pillow texts, conspiracies make
in trumpian frenzy…kangaroo court

indicted Russian spies; this takes the cake
as Donny plans a tête-à-tête with Vlad
alone, behind closed doors, a yuge mistake

but ‘all of this is fake’ they’ll say, so sad…
the trumpsters can’t admit that they’ve been had

~kat

hosting cool tea, the Queen, with a buffoon
who’s sure to tweet about their great rapport
as talking heads explode in fake news rooms

~kat

Story behind today’s headlines…NATO was a total embarrassment. But to hear the orange blimp it was a yuge success with him single-handedly doing what no other US president before him was able to do…making the European nations to pay up…um…except, it was a lie as pointed out by President Macron whose press briefing immediately followed. No matter, he is on to subject his vile presence on another allied front, the UK…so sorry. Understandably expats from the US are advised to lay low by the US Embassy. Good advice. The shit is sure to be flying…right up there with baby blimp…well played UK, well played.

Thanks again Jane for prompting this Daily Poetry Challenge!