Chen-ou Liu's Translation Project: First English-Chinese Haiku and Tanka Blog

Saturday, November 7, 2020

"Stop the Count !" and the President's Mouth Tanka

Nothing Less Real Than RealityIII

stop the count !
the President's mouth 
opens and closes --
a pitbull runs in circles 
chasing its broken tail


Notes:

1 Former U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal: "Trump Asking To Stop Counting Votes Is Always A Losing Strategy In The U.S." MSNBC November 5

2 Joe Biden has won the U.S. election after record turnout, The Associated Press  November 7

The Associated Press declares that Joe Biden has won the presidency of the United States. Biden reached 284 electoral votes, after The Associated Press called Pennsylvania in his favour. 

Added: a visual haiku written for New Yorkers

            46th Biden
<-- 45th out
emptysubwayplatform