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Remorse for Intemperate Speech

I ranted to the knave and fool,
I acted the obscenest tool,
To transform the polls.
Fit audience I found, but Clinton rules
The voter rolls.

I sought my betters: though in each
Fine manners, liberal speech,
Turn hatred into sport.
Nothing said or done can reach
My sadistic heart.

From a penthouse have I come.
Great pride, great rooms,
Maimed me at the start.
I carry to my bronzéd tomb
A sadistic heart.

Margaret Soltan, August 19, 2016 9:20PM
Posted in: democracy, poem

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6 Responses to “Remorse for Intemperate Speech”

  1. dmf Says:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/19/podcasts/understanding-the-trump-voter.html

  2. Sean O Says:

    Is there a bigger ahole in America than the Donald. Nobody can trump in this regard.

  3. Greg Says:

    Another nice poem.

    I’m guessing, though, that, like his toilet seat, his tomb would be either gilded or solid gold. But one is stuck with the iron laws of scansion, if one chooses that form.

    Come to think about it, he is Midas, life blighted by a monomania of self, measured in gold. But, unlike the king in myth, he has no capacity for waking into remorse.

  4. Margaret Soltan Says:

    Greg: I simply Googled “most expensive coffin,” and it came up bronze.

  5. Greg Says:

    Those are off the rack. I think Trump would go for a bespoke coffin.

  6. Margaret Soltan Says:

    Greg: LOL.

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