Climate change is like
cancer which can be creeping
while awake of sleeping
what we did describe
were our thoughts about a tribe
who should not imbibe
while lying in bed
disease seemed to spread and spread
we did become dead
what we suggested
should always be well rested
then can be tested
Trump is an old crank
should be forced to walk the plank
to bottom he sank
what we always say
all the way with USA
lives on line will lay
brain size of thimble
Trump can cause us to tremble
moron resemble
had been big backslap
would cause a major mishap
forgot to fill gap
strong has been my head
is what I would always dread
so did sin instead
Poetry or Prose
its hand reaches outward
A fist or a backslap
—composure or blood
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
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