Red Caesarism—Bible Grift Baptism
An emergent exemplum inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Pardoners Tale written between 1387 and 1400. The Pardoner says the theme of his sermon is “Radix malorum est cupiditas,” “Greed is the root of all evil.”
BEYOND BIGLY PARDON: THE DONALD’S TALE
You know they will believe whatever I say
As I rake in more money day after day
I sell junk for greenbacks in perpetuity
Never fail to grab every single gratuity
Watch me gab and grab from rally to rally
Skipping policy talk forward I must sally
Picking up more votes in blue states again
Is my main strategy I do not lie in vain
I want more money Russian rubles and gold
I’ll make any deal that results in something sold
In fact I have got a few towers up for sale
Buy a few bring a good conclusion to my tale
Delay the trials until my first term is beginning
That is all I have to say I know I am winning.
IN THE EMPIRE STATE OF PARODY and SATIRE
I have to laugh just to keep myself from crying
D.J.T.’s latest Bible grift led to parody and satire
Selling sneakers and Bibles his campaign dying
Using the funds to pay plenty lawyers in his hire
D.J.T. Delay Justice Trump in a bigly slump
Delay after delay and appeal after appeal
Using Evangelicals as a bigly money pump
Separation of church and state for him not real
His wife at home with a four-month-old child
Trump paying a porn star in NY going wild
After hush money charges his indictments enlarged
Guilty of grift tax fraud and lying Guilty as charged
Trump will be tried in NYC near his Trump Tower
The nation eagerly awaits the great day and the hour.
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.
