10 June 2019

Orwell Seems Less Like Fiction Every Passing Day

The swamp is swampier,
the debt is, um, debtier,
and Mexico hasn’t paid 
a fucking dime
towards a non-existent wall

Sexism is in, 
reproductive freedom is out
because they care deeply 
about your children
until they are born

Then caging them is fine,
but providing healthcare
and clean water is not
worth the cost

If they are too poor for bread,
then let them eat cake
(unless they are gay)

Christians have lost Christ
but are still certain they hate 
Muslims and Mexicans
and people from shithole countries

Red MAGA hats 
are slightly more subtle
than white pointy ones

Corruption is not just overlooked
but defended at all costs

Kim Jung-un is trusted,
Robert Mueller is not,
and the president would fail
in the first round of the spelling bee

Facts became alternative,
the EPA wants to 
destroy the environment,
and the national crisis 
is what’s fake

The president can’t stop 
praising himself
with his third-grade vocabulary
and sexual assault 
does not prevent you 
from taking a Supreme Court seat

“It was a bright cold day in April, 
and the clocks were striking thirteen,”
and I wish the horrifying novel 
would end 

so reality could start



2 Mar 2019

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