{"id":333293,"date":"2020-11-12T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T20:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=333293"},"modified":"2020-11-12T06:00:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T20:00:56","slug":"a-trump-time-terminal-trilogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/a-trump-time-terminal-trilogy\/","title":{"rendered":"A Trump Time Terminal Trilogy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>45 OTB to 46 OTB to 47 ODDS<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>OTB, or Off Track Betting, is a no-no for the presidency.<\/em><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nOne Term Bigly 45 to One Term Biden 46 to 47\u2026\u00a0<br \/>\nmy tweets are poor speech in my 4th\u00a0year I still preach<br \/>\nnow my one vermin term rots in hellish heaven\u00a0<br \/>\ncorrupt, untrusted, busted, votes just not in reach<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nMy tweets in CAPS come from twaddling thumbs<br \/>\nany with logic and common sense I lead astray<br \/>\nlike my repeated phrases their banality numbs<br \/>\nafter touting myself I have nothing to say \u2026<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nOne of the greatest minds of all times comes to this\u00a0<br \/>\nmy base understands me with red hat certitude<br \/>\nas a top ranked President I give my brain a kiss<br \/>\nresting on inchoate laurels, lazy and rude \u2026<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nOne term now for me and one term for Joe Biden<br \/>\ndodging lawsuits I\u2019m on some golf course hiding.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Golden Shower Power Gone Sour<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDaily bedight the blighted knight in fearful flight<br \/>\ndespite money and bling no victory bells ring<br \/>\na \u2018sad\u2019 old pachyderm becomes a tainted knave<br \/>\ngoing golfing and speechless in his political night<br \/>\nthose he maligned stand behind and write books and sing<br \/>\nof his insults to those in the land of the brave<br \/>\nno Midas touch his tainted touch showed no restraint<br \/>\nlacking insight he viewed the media with fright<br \/>\nabout immigrants he would defame, rant and rave<br \/>\nmeanwhile children in border cages cry and faint<br \/>\nfor him criticism and truth were kryptonite<br \/>\nhe said, \u201crounding the curve\u201d on Covid fearing a wave<br \/>\nand finally one last comic tragedy note<br \/>\nhe wanted officials to stop counting the vote.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Trump\u2019s Latent Loser Lament<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Elegy for an egregious example of egotism<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Few condolences sent, a list of virtues<br \/>\nhard to find, searching, looking, above, below<br \/>\nbehind, consolation, isolation beyond<br \/>\nthe voting event on his nearest golf course<br \/>\nover in Scotland or some Ukrainian bourse<br \/>\nmaybe a Russian Super Pac source<br \/>\nwho will be sending out the notice<br \/>\nlosing votes in the electoral college<br \/>\nor tweets in capital letters from POTUS<br \/>\nin the papers, blogs, on the tube<br \/>\nfrom city slicker, redneck, some rube<br \/>\nfrom red hat base, blond haired orange face<br \/>\nthere will be little sorrow past tomorrow<br \/>\nover loss of the reality show 45 POTUS boss.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joey \u2018Pepe Batbon\u2019 Connolly (Special to the Saipan Tribune)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Joey aka Pepe Batbon is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. 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