like a tipsy dragon,
powered by testosterone,
trump spews “fire & fury”
“like the world has never
seen––”/
words scramble away
from his spattering mouth
blackened with
rage––
is this a prank, a threat, an act,
a bluff, a rave, a lie, a policy,
a proposal, a punch, a jibe, a boast,
a brag, a bluster, a fake, a fraud,
a mournful scream of hate… mindless
violence…
or the lonely ravings of
an injured
mind?
maybe it’s a curse for an
enemy––
or a curse to incinerate
the world
one mad man
taunts another
in the theater of the
absurd
the cameras of the eyes
of humanity follow
the self-absorbed faces
of the north korean
autocrat & the elected
but autocratic u.s. president––
kingdoms exist
only for the delusions
of the king––
the glory of the illusion of
victory––
the joy of the fetish of death––
the wicked pleasure
of enemy blood
delicious on the tongue
what ungodly force of nature
would trigger artillery shells
on weeping parents &
frightened children?
a bleeding crowd of apes
is what we
are––
swinging sticks, throwing stones
& yowling
in pain
our words
dance death
why have we forgotten
to evolve?
may God forgive us
the nastiness
of what we
do