\u201cI, who once wrote songs with joyful zeal, am driven by grief to enter a weeping mode.\u201d
\n\u2014Opening lines to The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius in 525 A.D. Written in Latin (in prison) before his brutal execution. He had risen to political heights in the court of King Theodoric when he was implicated in a conspiracy and condemned to death. Consolation is Philosophy personified and she\u2019s talking to him. <\/p>\n
Tweeter Trump Tweets<\/strong> The dishonor falls inside White House walls Tweets on Call off Pennsylvania Avenue<\/strong> Joey ‘Pepe Batbon’ Connolly (Special to the Saipan Tribune)<\/strong> \u201cI, who once wrote songs with joyful zeal, am driven by grief to enter a…<\/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":[26,23673,13843,13361],"class_list":["post-316786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","tag-cnmi","tag-nola","tag-pepe-batbon","tag-tweets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316786","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=316786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n(after Lord Tennyson\u2019s Blow, Bugle, Blow)<\/p>\n
\nand in the House and Senate impeachment hearing
\nthe obfuscation spreads across the entire nation
\nand few seekers of truth are happy or cheering.
\nTweeter Trump tweets, sends you his lies flying
\nTweeter Trump\u2019s cancerous answers dying dying
\nlook at them, read, see how absurd each word
\nand getting worse, call a doctor, get a nurse.
\nThe stubborn Senators blot them all out
\nthe House of Representatives continues to shout
\nlet witnesses be heard on all news rivers, let
\ntestimony be in the Congressional Record forever.
\nTweet Trumpty tweet, let the U.S. hear witnesses
\nlet them see your totally unfit political fitnesses.<\/p>\n
\nSince impeachment my thoughts continue via tweet
\nthat they control; my destiny there is no doubt
\na major part of my policies with all those I meet
\ntweets give my ineptitude a great deal of clout.
\nRegardless of poor grammar they come from my heart
\nmilitary, global, and national issues get no consulting
\nmy staff and career political advisors try to do their part
\nmeanwhile DOJ, FBI, and the \u2018lying media\u2019 I am insulting.
\nAs my tweets fly through cyberspace both day and night
\nthose seeking favor and votes appeal to my red base
\nthe major percentage of them cater to the far right
\nthe cruder the better no need to save any face.
\nCapable of thousands of more lies intended for you
\nmy narcissistic mind makes all of them untrue.<\/p>\n
\nJoey aka Pepe Batbon is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is a sonnet practitioner who enjoys stargazing.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"