{"id":406235,"date":"2024-03-06T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=406235"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Red-Caesarism-Ballot-Booth-Botulism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Red-Caesarism-Ballot-Booth-Botulism\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Caesarism: Ballot Booth Botulism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Victory Victuals ? Autocratic Rituals<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

What are the stakes? And what are the mistakes?<\/p>\n

Trump Vodka? which he says he doesn\u2019t drink?<\/p>\n

Or those freezer burned frozen old Trump steaks?<\/p>\n

Soggy Trump Tower salads in the kitchen sinks?<\/p>\n

Or President Joe Biden slowly biding his time?<\/p>\n

With a sustainable fish dinner, lemon, and wine?<\/p>\n

A somewhat blind old man and GOP elephant<\/p>\n

Touching sides, legs, tail, trunk, and bigly ear<\/p>\n

The blind man probably already triumphant<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll see who is the U.S. President next year.<\/p>\n

More than $85K interest on his fines per day<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s dyed yellow hair clearly falling out<\/p>\n

Banks and bond loan officers are quiet today<\/p>\n

45 not enough cash for the \u2018Bigly\u2019 bail out.<\/p>\n

So who will ultimately win and who will lose?<\/p>\n

MAGA voters all know who they will choose.<\/p>\n

Trump Autocracy: Anti Democracy<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

I have lied about me and myself all the time<\/p>\n

Since I came out from my mother\u2019s womb<\/p>\n

Sleepy Joe Biden somehow got legally elected<\/p>\n

Despite my denial, temper tantrums, my gloom<\/p>\n

He\u2019s older than me! He doesn\u2019t dye his hair!<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s call him Sleepy Joe I repeatedly said<\/p>\n

I declared election fraud, stolen votes unfair<\/p>\n

\u201cGod Bless Our Troops\u201d President Biden said<\/p>\n

Soldiers who got caught, \u201care suckers and losers\u201d<\/p>\n

MAGA voters can not be pickers and choosers<\/p>\n

Vlad Putin\u2019s prison penalties make good sense<\/p>\n

Imprisonment and death for all Russian dissidents<\/p>\n

My grift, tax fraud, and cheating are no mystery<\/p>\n

My criminality is written in 21st century history.<\/p>\n

The above is a Petrarchan sonnet. Francesco Petrarcha, from Tuscany, Italy (b.1304 – d 1374) developed this sonnet form with an octave and sestet division.<\/em><\/p>\n

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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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