by Kyle Bostrom
I
America sings a
Squelch
The squash-toned
chief executive of the United States of America:
a division of the Trump Organization
waggles stubby fingers and uses words—
the best words—but just locker room talk
to float a bullshit raft down the rugged Potomac
over critical character concerns, questioning divestment,
releasing tax returns, and relevant experience
a sharp turn right
onto Pennsylvania ave
about three million short
but hey, who’s counting?
II
a brief tour of the White House kitchen:
cabinets reminiscent of kitchen
cabinets full of nepotistic-cronyism
brilliantly white,
as you’d imagine
sparkling almost
with familiarly fake
faces all smiles and radically right
in their convictions:
that Roe v. Wade suppressed State’s rights ¹
or that—to the Senator from Connecticut—
guns are needed in schools to protect
from vicious grizzly attacks ²
or that America is at war with Islam ³
and it makes sense that the cabinets hang crooked
don’t open and can’t hold weight
because the structure—
walls through to foundation
is crooked, unstable, and entirely inept.
¹ Sessions, AG
² DeVos, Sec. Edu.
³ Mattis, Sec. Def.
Created: January 20, 2017
Age: 21
State: Rhode Island