{"id":401786,"date":"2023-11-23T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=401786"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"The-Artsy-Fartsy-of-Lying-A-Trumpian-tragicomic-trilogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/The-Artsy-Fartsy-of-Lying-A-Trumpian-tragicomic-trilogy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Artsy Fartsy of Lying: A Trumpian tragicomic trilogy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks poem, We Real Cool, the Pool Players, Seven At the Golden Shovel<\/em>:<\/p>\n

I Lie Good\u2026Bigly Good<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

(notice the prominence of ego here, as we go to Mar a Lago for another year)<\/em><\/p>\n

I lie good I know I should, I<\/p>\n

lie easy and quick fast and slick, I<\/p>\n

pay lawyers little humiliate and belittle, I<\/p>\n

love myself and me care less about thee, I<\/p>\n

can\u2019t stand my sycophant followers, I<\/p>\n

always prevaricate must dominate, I<\/p>\n

unrealistic malignant narcissistic, I<\/p>\n

never realistic my temper ballistic, I<\/p>\n

love to sit on my golden throne toilet, I<\/p>\n

will never let an election spoil it, I<\/p>\n

showed a smile in my jail mugshot, I<\/p>\n

turned it into a scowl meanwhile, I<\/p>\n

haven\u2019t forgotten my version of truth, I<\/p>\n

know it is crude and uncouth.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/h4>\n

A Liar Squirmin\u2019 With Vermin<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

Liar! Liar! On line and on cyberwire<\/p>\n

from morning past noon to late at night<\/p>\n

with personal and profound prevarication<\/p>\n

distorting truth in almost every situation<\/p>\n

In many states from the North to the South<\/p>\n

ridiculous rhetoric spumes from his mouth<\/p>\n

whatever his MAGA base want and desire<\/p>\n

his campaign is hot new theories to conspire<\/p>\n

Millions hove heard the lies he has spread<\/p>\n

as a sly Fox repeats every word he has said<\/p>\n

who cares about impeachment or indictment<\/p>\n

as sycophantic vote deniers gain excitement<\/p>\n

Like Blake\u2019s Tyger with \u201cfearful symmetry\u201d<\/p>\n

he crafts his campaign of fascistic autocracy.<\/p>\n

It is Easy to Just Vote No<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

Some say nay negative or negatory<\/p>\n

some others say absolutely no way<\/p>\n

some say that is another tall story<\/p>\n

some plainly simply just say no<\/p>\n

Some say Hey there\u2019s no way dude<\/p>\n

on that guy we will never ever go<\/p>\n

other say BS or something crude<\/p>\n

some plainly simply just say no<\/p>\n

Some say impossible not possible<\/p>\n

some say you can just go shove it<\/p>\n

he is totally inadequate irresponsible<\/p>\n

some just say no again and love it<\/p>\n

Please open your mind and eyes<\/p>\n

it is not at all wrong you know<\/p>\n

to your surprise you might find<\/p>\n

it is really easy to just vote no.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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