Sonnet: Democracy, The Peanut Gallery. The daily sonnet recalls the antics of the Marx brothers and their subversive antics that were subversive. Peanuts to us.

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still from 'Duck Soup' (1933) with The Marx Bothers: Blowfish Face
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Sonnet: Democracy, The Peanut Gallery

by John Kendall Hawkins

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Red and blue robots rock em sock em mad,

two Lesser Evil pols duking it out --

partisan cheese, spicy meatballs gone bad,

on the loose, stoking desire and doubt,

playing kick the hat with a target pop,

who unravels before the very eyes --

Chico and Harpo, a routine SOP

that ends madly with Harpo's blowfish guise.

still from 'Duck Soup' (1933) with The Marx Bothers: Sloshing the Lemonade
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Like any gig economist, I try

to roast my own nuts with good ol humour,

but when clowns swash my lemonade, I cry,

as at a metastasizing tumor.

Groucho calls down peanuts to you to me;

he's president of Fredonia, see?

(Article changed on Dec 10, 2021 at 9:49 PM EST)

Authors Website: https://tantricdispositionmatrix.substack.com/

Authors Bio:

John Kendall Hawkins is an American ex-pat freelance journalist and poet currently residing in Oceania.