I dedicate my obsequiously fawning poem
to our own Wonder Woman, Ms. Kristi Noem
To refugees and puppies she's oh so mean
But, alas, she's our Homeland Security queen
Demonstrations abhor our sexy fashionista cop
of her cowboy garb and fancy shades they chant STOP!
Others applaud her iron implacable will
along with her cousin, Ms. Cruella De Ville
Just mention her name and MAGA eyes grow misty
As they march in step to the orders of goosesteppin' Kristie
Crush ICE! they shout, this is our home
you're the alien invader, Ms. Kristi Noem
Most dastardly
Executive Majesty,
we serve at your pique pleasure
obsequiously so
Yea, Darth Lord,
we be the surreptitious, servile ones:
Leper skin publicans, publicly hiss reviled
Tonsil rear ends torqued low
is our mealy-mouth status quo
We’re liquored up lap dogs
Always lip bent overly yours
Tongue rolls of surfeit flattery,
buttery tones of praise gluttony piled on
Nay, Imperial Vader,
we echo only your strident, bellyaching growls
from our sphincter pie holes
Boast bastardly
King El Presidente,
and we cower at your cheek displeasure
ingratiatingly so
Our speech undignified,
flesh market wench pride
was thirty silver pieces sold
minus six-feet degrees below
Aye, Commander-in-Chief Bellow Nero ...
Imp patient Sanballast ground zero,
your every atomic jinn wish gets grovel granted
We bow mice-men be the fawn minion pagan pawn devotees,
submissively submitting to such spittle humiliation willingly
Ever always lip bent overly yours
I remember you,
Like now that I'm all alone
watching the coming waves that
seem to be lively and are
wanting to land
Where I stand in silence.
The world is quiet beneath the
serene sky
The melodious wind blows
obsequiously
Like the former you who were so
gentle to me
You were the tranquility of my
mind and my feeling.
The water is cold when it
touches me
It's so sublime to my body and soul
Like your lips that I always long
for,
My happiness that I earnestly
desire.
I remember you in this very
moment
When the birds are up in the air
Their singing is music to the ears
Like your voice that brought
soothing melody.
I remember you in this very
hour
How can I forget your memory?
When my treasure is your image
That I keep within my heart and
my mind!
Translated by Bernard F.
Asuncion from Jez Rico Cuenta's
NAAALAALA KITA
Venetian lacy, black masks with feathery eyes
Others gilded in gold leaf and sequinned gems
Come gliding in gondolas to disguise
Obsequiously they dip and bowing bend
St Mark's Square is the meeting place to parade
Stately in silken ball gowns and evening dress
Mask Contest and new acquaintances made
Greet three million visitors more or less
empty building, footsteps resound
deep sigh echoes
frames of photographic moods so vivid
of a zesty bare imagination!
casual talks, moistened lips
perpetuated gentle passing touch
his kisses of morning breeze on her skin
felt, expressed with forceful intense energy
hot flashes, brought sensation of body heat!
empty cubicle, symbol of hunger
found alone time to get at each other
dragged her in, pardon their urges,
obsequiously owning each other
in reckless abandon!
on and on and on,
reckless wild abandon...
this gonna shock them all!
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