Michael Burch Poet Heroic Couplet

Donald Trump: the Clorox Couplets

Not-So-Heroic Couplets
by Donald Trump
care of Michael R. Burch 

To outfox the pox: 
kill yourself first, with Clorox!

And since death is the goal, 
mainline Lysol! 

No vaccine?
Just chug Mr. Clean!

Is a cure out of reach?
Fumigate your lungs, with bleach!

To immunize your thorax,
destroy it with Borax!

To immunize your bride,
drown her in Opti-cide! 

To end all future gridlocks, 
gargle with Vaprox! 

Now, quick, down the Drain-o 
with old Insane-o NoBrain-o!



Trump’s real goals are obvious
and yet millions of Americans remain oblivious.
—Michael R. Burch 



Less Heroic Couplets: Just Desserts
by Michael R. Burch

“The West Antarctic ice sheet
might not need a huge nudge
to budge.”

And if it does budge,
denialist fudge
may force us to trudge
neck-deep in sludge!

NOTE: The first stanza is a quote by paleoclimatologist Jeremy Shakun in Science magazine.



Less Heroic Couplets: Miss Bliss
by Michael R. Burch

Domestic “bliss”?
Best to swing and miss!



Less Heroic Couplets: Then and Now
by Michael R. Burch

BEFORE: Thanks to Brexit, our lives will be plush! ...
AFTER: Crap, we’re going broke! What the hell is the rush?



Less Heroic Couplets: Dear Pleader
by Michael R. Burch

Is our Dear Pleader, as he claims, heroic?
I prefer my presidents a bit more stoic.



Less Heroic Couplets: Less than Impressed
by Michael R. Burch

for T. M., regarding certain dispensers of lukewarm air

Their volume’s impressive, it’s true ...
but somehow it all seems “much ado.”



Less Heroic Couplets: Poetry I
by Michael R. Burch

Poetry is the heart’s caged rhythm,
the soul’s frantic tappings at the panes of mortality.



Less Heroic Couplets: Poetry II
by Michael R. Burch

Poetry is the trapped soul’s frantic tappings
at the panes of mortality.



Less Heroic Couplets: Seesaw
by Michael R. Burch

A poem is the mind teetering between fact and fiction,
momentarily elevated.



Less Heroic Couplets: Passions
by Michael R. Burch

Passions are the heart’s qualms,
the soul’s squalls, the brain’s storms.



Keywords/Tags: Donald Trump, coronavirus, president, poet, poems, poetry, heroic couplets, couplet, humor, humorous, Clorox, Lysol, disinfectants, light verse, parody, satire, America, USA, giggle, political, natural disasters

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Joe Maverick May 8, 2020 at 2:52 PM To this I will add they nagged me to try the disinfectant I did have a bad tooth so sliced my Mouth only I drew the line at drinking however Mind you dentists do bleach teeth also that just Sprang to mind' Joe Maverick May 30, 2020 at 4:47 PM Oh well, I think air bubbles in case of self administered injections could well be more the danger Good to hear back from you, dialogue is always good Michael' Michael Burch May 8, 2020 at 8:44 PM Trump was talking about injecting disinfectants and using UV light internally, both of which are incredibly dangerous according to medical experts.

Joe Maverick May 8, 2020 at 2:45 PM I made mention of this on Twitter, thing is I know two ladies who have for the last 25/35 Years to 'my memory' have albeit in small ammounts added a drop of bleach to their toothpaste, and two drops of disinfectant to a cap off the bottle full of water, and will drink it So they rang me up immediately after' saying Mr Trump had proved them right! They live here in the U K I am not a Trump supporter but would like to say he may have been more right than Was realised! Enjoyed though Michael, Michael Burch May 8, 2020 at 8:43 PM Trump was talking about injecting disinfectants into the body in large enough quantities to kill the disease. That's a lot more dangerous than a single drop of bleach taken orally.

Heather Crismond April 29, 2020 at 12:46 AM That was fantastic!! I've been wondering but he had been injecting before making such an erroneous statement XD Michael Burch April 29, 2020 at 2:34 AM Trump keeps going of the rails, but this time it's different because more than a million Americans have been infected by the coronavirus and more than 50,000 have died, with no end in sight. We need a president who will listen to the experts and Trump seems incapable of listening to anyone but himself. I think he's high on his own ego. Thanks for taking the time to read and comment.