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to pardon Joe Arpaio'd post a clue
Trump isn't going soft, won't tolerate
non-violence, or anything we'd do
that's out of step with Bannon's code of hate.
Arch-xenophobe who'd nail an immigrant
for fictive code infractions on the road
and dumb enough to think his president
wants more than photo-ops with his pet toad.
If Manafort and Flynn would just defy
subpoenas, they'll get pardons in their turn.
But should they sing, he'll hang them out to dry;
betrayers gotta know they're gonna burn.
Dog-whistles from the artist of the deal
this Prisoners' Dilemma's played for real.