A version of this poem appeared with 4 other poems, a little while back in the online magazine Anti-Heroin Chic
The subject over at dverse today is “Smoke and Mirrors”, so I thought I would give the poem another outing.
Drain The Swamp Rag
(Walk that back
walk that back
I know I said it
but I walked that back.)
Attack dog surrogates
inveterate invertebrates
re-stock the swamp
with old white males.
Post logic, post truth,
snake oil and kool-aid
re-stock the swamp
with old white males.
Mike Pence, John Bolton
Rudy Giuliani
re-stock the swamp
with old white males
Inveterate surrogates
attack dog invertebrates
re-mail the stock
to the old white swamp
re-stock the swamp
with old white males.
Stopdraggingthepanda 
Oh… this is such a wonderful way to describe how the swamp still stinks …
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Too bad the swamp can’t just keep to its own little section of wetland in the bog and not encroach on all other biodiverse habitats.
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Indeed!
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Interesting and engaging direction you’ve taken with your perspective on Amaya’s smoke & mirrors prompt Jim well written. The more things change the more they remain the same at tge core.
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Thanks Rob, much appreciated.
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