Trump's next divorce?

Remorse struck swiftly, once the thrill was gone;
Trump's weirdly slow to learn, one's gotta vet
the names the headlines gonna link with"Don".
Each morning-after's new cause for regret.
Eyeliner may be trending on a man,
but once the Adderall and Coke have cleared,
What titillated for a one night stand
by light of day, Americans find"weird".
Republican convention gave no "bump"
like Harris/Walz enjoyed, to cheering throngs.
JD's recruiting no new votes to Trump,
and can't stay relevant for very long.
For his own benefit, he'll have to learn;
Trump's gotta carry JD Vance to term.

irredeemable monster

No heartless scarecrow features in the book,
nor movie in which Judy Garland starred.
Ann Coulter had to pioneer the look;
for someone with a soul, it would come hard.
Gus Walz gave voice to healthy pride and joy,
to see his father recognized on stage.
What kind of monster'd lay into the boy
for feeling sentiments beyond blind rage?
The motley company that Donald keeps
on yachts, and in his tickytack hotel,
the Russian oligarchs, and Epstein creeps
announce this anti-hero's bound for Hell.
Real men may weep, when heroes' work gets done.
But only cowards ridicule for fun.



The ersatz wizardry of L. Frank Baum/

defamatory

The Wicked Witch was eager to project
Trump's weirdness onto Tim's highschooler, Gus.

But she's the one Americans reject;
her lunchroom malice cuts no ice with us.
In minutes, Left and Right had rallied 'round
Ann Coulter's snark went way beyond the Pale.
We recognize a bully punching down;
she stands alone, our numbers must prevail.
While Harris/Walz have trademarked Hope and Joy,
Trump's vested in the politics of Fear.
Rhetorical attacks on Walz' boy
clash crassly with high values we hold dear.
The MAGAts and associated cults
must be repudiated by adults.

fucking monster

Ann Coulter took a swipe at Tim's boy, Gus
and parents Right and Left took the affront.
"If you come after him, you'll come through us
we're Legion, and you're just one soul-less cunt."
Her tweet's deleted, easy to disown
Trump doesn't have to signal he agrees.
He'll hang Ann out to dry, like she's alone
last time he lay with her, just got him fleas.
Eight years ago, some dreamt the orange clown
could run without the need to beg for cash.
But they're disgusted with his punching down
and won't renew their pledge to such white trash.
It's time that all real patriots align;
democracy itself is on the line.

ridicule

Ann Coulter took a swipe at Walz' boy
so wrong in content, context, tone, and pitch
for giving voice to heartfelt pride and joy
But MAGAts love their pugilistic bitch.
She'd ruled the cafeteria in school
where other studied how the real world works,
her only aptitudes were ridicule,
and gratifying psychopathic jerks.
Trump's recognized in her, a kindred soul
with all the empathy God gave a stone.
Two lives spent clawing vainly for control
each dreading they're cut out to die alone.
The cultists worshipping their orange clown
feel powerful because they're punching down.

purpose-built

Pelosi had a solemn chat with Joe:
stuff no one else could tell him to his face.
His term'd been good, but now, it's time to go,
if Democrats are not to lose this race.
Obama spoke; a nation paused, entranced,
reminded how real leadership can sound.
A vision forward, not mere angry rants
to bring his voters' spirits up, not down.
Her future cabinet was there, in force
united as we've rarely been before;
infighting, that would be the normal course
can have no place confronting civil war.
Ad hoc, this Harris team, forged on the fly,
must do what Hilary's could only try.

Ridicule

Convention holds no terror this time 'round;
we won't reprise knifefights of '68.
Trump/Vance has peaked; their polls trend starkly down.
And Harris keeps sweet options on her plate.
Mark Kelly'd have to cede a Senate seat
and Arizona might not keep that Blue...
Shapiro brings a swing-state to the meet,
but would big donors leap to back a Jew...
Tim Walz brings lines from Warren's resume,
and so emerged the strongest of the pack.
He's coached a winning team, and run a State.
Schoolteachers aren't easy to distract.
Republicans, who'd banked on Biden's gaffes,
have no response when Walz and Harris laugh.

threats

Security in Paris has been tight;
Gendarmes patrol the land, and sea, and air.
(Try Brussels if you must rebook that flight)
But coliform bacteria don't care.
Pasteur had cured disease in sheep, and men
Confronting anthrax on a chemist's terms
But someone upstream's shitting in the Seine;
The strongest athlete's not immune to germs.
The sewers Victor Hugo sketched so well
can't interdict what dribbles  in upstream.
Macron endures this very public Hell
as strangers soil his grand Olympic dream.
The spectacle was memorable, but...
we can't forget invaders of the gut.