Red Caesarism: Ballot Booth Botulism
Victory Victuals ? Autocratic Rituals
What are the stakes? And what are the mistakes?
Trump Vodka? which he says he doesn’t drink?
Or those freezer burned frozen old Trump steaks?
Soggy Trump Tower salads in the kitchen sinks?
Or President Joe Biden slowly biding his time?
With a sustainable fish dinner, lemon, and wine?
A somewhat blind old man and GOP elephant
Touching sides, legs, tail, trunk, and bigly ear
The blind man probably already triumphant
We’ll see who is the U.S. President next year.
More than $85K interest on his fines per day
Trump’s dyed yellow hair clearly falling out
Banks and bond loan officers are quiet today
45 not enough cash for the ‘Bigly’ bail out.
So who will ultimately win and who will lose?
MAGA voters all know who they will choose.
Trump Autocracy: Anti Democracy
I have lied about me and myself all the time
Since I came out from my mother’s womb
Sleepy Joe Biden somehow got legally elected
Despite my denial, temper tantrums, my gloom
He’s older than me! He doesn’t dye his hair!
Let’s call him Sleepy Joe I repeatedly said
I declared election fraud, stolen votes unfair
“God Bless Our Troops” President Biden said
Soldiers who got caught, “are suckers and losers”
MAGA voters can not be pickers and choosers
Vlad Putin’s prison penalties make good sense
Imprisonment and death for all Russian dissidents
My grift, tax fraud, and cheating are no mystery
My criminality is written in 21st century history.
The above is a Petrarchan sonnet. Francesco Petrarcha, from Tuscany, Italy (b.1304 – d 1374) developed this sonnet form with an octave and sestet division.
Joey aka “Pepe Batbon” Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is the Poet Laureate of Tinian and enjoys stargazing.
