Trump said
... and the Republic summons Ike,
the mausoleum in her heart.
– Robert Lowell, "Inauguration Day: January 1953"
that he could stand
in the middle of Fifth Avenue
and shoot someone
and not lose any voters
it’s, like, incredible!
what he was touching on
was the phenomenon
of fandom
and it was no mirage
there really were
sufficient boneheads
dumb enough to vote
for that buffoon
no matter how outrageously
he talked
how stupid his ideas
we used to laugh
at countries where soap opera stars
could win a seat in parliament
because they loved them so
who’s laughing now?
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Or, for a rather different take on the event, you could try "Pibroch of the Domhnall", composed by "celebrated" American poet Joseph Charles McKenzie of the (self-styled) "rhyming, rhythmic, and rapturous" Society of Classical Poets ...
