Keith Bickerstaffe Poet Quatrain

E Pluribus Unum

...inspired by 'To The President-Elect' by Joseph Brodsky

You've reached the pinnacle of fame
where double-speak's the daily game,
so many words, so little meaning,
popinjay, so skilled at preening.

Posing for a photo-op
your perfect hair a puissant crop,
your perfect smile, a frozen glare
which fools the foolish everywhere.

Demagoguery designed
to derogate the keener mind,
a bush will hide what lies behind
and mark the downfall of your kind.

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Elizabeth Wesley June 2, 2012 at 2:44 PM Imagine, no comment when therE should be many. You bring out the worst of people when they get a bit of fame and how true it all is. Your descriptions are second to none. Well done my friend!