intramural

"I don't report to you" John Kelly grumped
and Bannon put him on his little list
for not kow-towing to the will of Trump
and now, we'll see who wields the bigger fist
with Tillerson and Mattis at his back
the case for Kelly's legally quite strong
but Bannon's dog-pack's eager to attack
and Conway doesn't care her "facts" are wrong
a struggle no one's likely to forget
like Andrew Jackson's many years before
the ego clashes in this cabinet
could escalate into a big-league war
the 25th amendment's looking good
once Pence determines Donald Trump's unfit
to organize the putsch he knows he should
to salvage our republic from this shit
who'll referee when they pull out the knives
this food-fight's apt to cost a lot of lives.