One Hundred Forty-Seventh Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary
the heat map
turns from red to dark red
in Georgia's sunshine
the President pumps his fist
when the crowd chants, four more years
FYI: The New Yorker, Dec. 4: "Donald Trump, George Wallace, and the Influence of Losers" by Steve Coll
Donald Trump will leave the White House in January, but Trumpism—that amorphous mobilization of nationalism, white nostalgia, and anti-élite grievance, twisted by disinformation—will likely remain a force in American politics for years.
Added: One Hundred Forty-Eighth Entry
autumn deepening
as new cases surge
a lone crow
caws into the dark
on the power line
Added: One Hundred Forty-Ninth Entry
surge upon surge ...
a phalanx of men with "grow up
mask up "sandwich boards
Added
row upon row
of tattered Stars and Stripes
outside the prison wall --
another five inmates
waiting for their last meals
FYI: Associated Press, Dec. 7: Trump (the "most prolific execution president in over 130 years") ratchets up pace of executions before Biden inaugural.
