{"id":275068,"date":"2018-04-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=275068"},"modified":"2018-04-30T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T20:00:00","slug":"double-vision-derision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/double-vision-derision\/","title":{"rendered":"Double vision derision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The original Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When in disgrace with fortune and men\u2019s eyes<br \/>\nI all alone beweep my outcast state,<br \/>\nAnd trouble deaf heav\u2019n with my bootless cries,<br \/>\nAnd look upon myself, and curse my fate,<br \/>\nWishing me like to one more rich in hope,<br \/>\nFeatured like him, like him with friends possessed,<br \/>\nDesiring this man\u2019s art, and that man\u2019s scope,<br \/>\nWith what I most enjoy contented least;<br \/>\nYet in these thoughts myself almost despising,<br \/>\nHaply I think on thee, and then my state,<br \/>\nLike to the lark at break of day arising<br \/>\nFrom sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven\u2019s gate.<br \/>\nFor thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings<br \/>\nThat then I scorn to change my state with kings.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>When in Disgrace with Fake News\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Parody of William Shakespeare\u2019s Sonnet 29<\/em><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWhen in disgrace with fake news and lying media\u2019s eyes<br \/>\nI throw childish temper tantrums about my outcast state<br \/>\nI grow bald and round in size and tell many more lies<br \/>\ntoo blind with presidential power to ascertain my fate<br \/>\n\u00a0Wishing only for more golf games and riches I hope<br \/>\nto use my smarts the stable genius that only I possess<br \/>\nconspiring with V. Putin and Russian oligarchs scope<br \/>\nwhat I enjoy most is being out on my own golf course<br \/>\n\u00a0Despite my being so smart there are some still despising<br \/>\ninstinctively I think of me and my Secretary of State<br \/>\nwith the price of Middle East oil per barrel then rising<br \/>\nfrom Saudi Arabia up to the Northern Arctic Gates<br \/>\nliquid largesse for me increasing my wealth and bling<br \/>\nthat then I know I am \u2019believe me\u2019 an American king.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>My Presidency in Disgrace in the Nation\u2019s Eyes<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Parody of William Shakespeare\u2019s Sonnet 29<\/em><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nMy presidency in disgrace in the nation\u2019s eyes<br \/>\nI all alone tweet my confused state<br \/>\nand trouble the generals with baby boy cries<br \/>\nso sad I\u2019m not Making America Great.<br \/>\nWish I was like that man from a place called Hope<br \/>\narticulate like him, a policy wonk and computer nerd<br \/>\ndesirous and jealous of his ability to speak and cope<br \/>\ninstead I belittle and insult others with every other word.<br \/>\nYet in these thoughts filled with self loathing<br \/>\nI think of money and how much I\u2019m making<br \/>\nand obstinately fold my arms inside my clothing<br \/>\ncontinuing bombastic demagoguery and faking.<br \/>\nFor bling and bucks remembered on this occasion<br \/>\ndispel thoughts of going to prison for tax evasion.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The original Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare:\u00a0 When in disgrace with fortune and men\u2019s eyes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[21009,1043,1360,5784],"class_list":["post-275068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","tag-making-america-great","tag-middle-east","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-william-shakespeare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}