Inauguration Day -5

Everytime I see that statement, I cringe. I want to ask was it ever there? When did it leave?

Elegance

Pageant ready on a plagiarized platform.

Rosy cheeks that you kiss when you greet

On pale skin -- pure like the driven snow.

The driven snow? So now I know

Elegance, like melatonin, is something innate,

socially acceptable and can infatuate

The populace with just a smile.

That perfect smile and long, wavy hair

reminiscing with his mail-order bride

Unhinged by his impeding, lessening rights

Made great again with the right candidate

Protecting and dictating women's reproductive rights. 

Inauguration Day -12

As we edge closer to that day, I picture what I would say if I was the Inaugural Poet.

     Great Again!

We can be shallow. We can be deep.

Even a dense fog or murky river

Doesn't reveal what's beneath -- the anti-hero

owns honesty and tells how it should be,

Never buckling to political correctness' pressure

to tolerate differences and welcome strangers.

Let us forget about Japanese-American internment

in World War II lest a pattern of history will repeat!

Knowing the definition of insanity can't deter

enemies within us contributing to the snafu -

how we look to the world. If only we were in a vacuum,

isolated from others. Ridicule is our new backdrop

making us low so we can rise to be great again!

Inauguration day -18

I thought I had an original idea that I would dedicate the next several days writing a poem that would be suitable for the inauguration. To my dismay, several poets already have poems since December on 2017inauguralpoem.blogspot.com/2016/12/welcome.html

These poets are very passionate. Tell me how do I compare?

This poem is similar to the "I am" poem but I use "I want"

I want to...

I want to party like when I was young

I want to rejoice and sing the songs that was sung.

I want to orate and hear the crowd applause

I want to tantalize, oh just because...

I want to explain my poor behavior.

I want to set the record and be an anchor.

I want to thank the one percenters with less tax.

I want to tax to the max the middle class.

I want to revoke all health subsidies to the working poor.

I want to umbellate my ideals to the world.

I want to marry and divorce as I please,

I want to preserve family values!