The Sheriff Of Tariffdom (Trump 2.0)

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The Sheriff Of Tariffdom

Down by Locarno Beach
two guys in camouflage pants
are repeatedly checking
underneath their parked Tesla
they check, they get back in the car
they don’t start the car
they get back out
they check underneath the car again
what could they be looking for?

Snow-capped mountains
an empty eagle’s nest
in the bare branches of a tree
is this a symbol?

Is everything a symbol?

Nope,
the eagle is down on the beach
searching for snacks in tide pools
is this a metaphor?

Is everything a metaphor?

April’s Fools Day, and to the south of us
The Sherriff of Tariffdom
The Prince of Petulance
The Toddler King
is looking for his Sharpie.

The prompt over at dverse is :

“So for this prompt our writing will be in the Open Poetry Form, otherwise known as Free Verse or Vers Libre. This is not to be regarded as an anarchic free-for -all but rather poetry set free from the uniform straight jacket.”

For more on Laura’s excellent prompt, read here.

16 thoughts on “The Sheriff Of Tariffdom (Trump 2.0)”

    1. sdtp33's avatarsdtp33 Post author

      Good to hear from you, Lona. Coincidently, I was out last night with John Mitchell, and we were talking about “Willie’s Oasis” and, of course, The Toddler King…JIM

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