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We're not going to get
rid of Trump
because Trump is an
archetype.
Trump was already here
long before we voted him
into office.
He was more like a transparent
pink bear
but he was here,
filling up tons of space,
being bombastic
throwing his weight
around,
baiting us in dreams that
we repressed,
letting us know there
were big holes in our dystopia,
the Benighted States of
America.
He, or his aura, were
around
swimming across the
screen of everyday.
Long before the
Republican Party
made him magically appear
in the flesh
he was a big floater in our
eye.
(But this floater is a b*tch, man!)
And you know what the
doctor says
when you get a floater?
"You'll get used to it."
And aren't we? Getting
used to being bullied,
lied to? Used? Impotent?
Used to living on the
edge,
used to feeling ashamed
used to being shocked by
our own sheepishness.
Emergency after emergency
after emergency!
The pink bear, the
annoying floater,
call it Trump, or
whatever you want.
Call it the new reality
show of shows,
call it the ubiquitous traveling
circus,
the new all-day all-night
show.
Call it the last act in
the theater of fools
where there is no curtain
and no exits, and there
is some guy
shouting "Fire!" "Fire!"
And everyone looks
straight ahead with knitted brows.
But relax, it's just a
dream.
It's just a poem.
It's just another daydaydaydayday.
. . .
(Article changed on November 30, 2017 at 22:21)
(Article changed on December 1, 2017 at 00:34)