Come one, come all!
Welcome to the Cain and Able Carnival
where I am your celebrated celestial host, Ego!
We have so many wondrous attractions for you tonight
I just can't contain it all!
Look! A featherless eagle has taken from its perch
and flies through a burning ring of human rights
to become a turkey dinner for a wolf of Wallstreet.
Encore!
Over Here! We have the reality show president
complaining about fake news and donkeys.
He never admits that he's an ass himself.
But it's okay because glass sharks don't bite, right?
Clearly!
Observe! There are games to be had, kids.
Throw a pigskin to your friend as long as he stands
for an anthem played while his daddy is lying on his back.
Don't worry about whether his daddy loved him,
worry about whether he loves this country or not!
Be a good sport!
Attention! Here we can forget all the troubles of the world!
Isn't this the greatest place on earth?
Even if it isn't, I have news for you:
We're taking this act into space!
Introduce our guns to the galaxy.
Our dear ring leader did say he'd deal
with all of the illegal aliens, didn't he?
E.T. better phone home!
Check it out! We even have an authentic Mexican-style zoo.
Here we have a 12 year-old boy who is both predator and prey.
Pray for his poor unfortunate soul as we send him back
to a land of rapists and drug dealers.
You, sir, in the back. Please put your hand down.
Bidding for his services won't begin for three more years.
Who wouldn't want to run away and join these red, white and blue shenanigans?
I can close my eyes and just get lost in the star-spangled band playing over
the cries of humanity and gunshots.
Aren't you enjoying the show?
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Absurdity. That is about all that comes to mind when I look at the American news cycle nowadays. In truth, I've cut this poem down from everything I have seen and read online from major news networks.
Our government has become a living superfluous extravaganza dedicated to making a rich man richer in both terms of attention and power. This is no longer an administration, but a regime. I am tired of being an observer to this mess. It is time that we start speaking out.
This afternoon, President Trump signed an executive order to keep families from being separated at the border in response to the backlash of the conditions that these kids have been placed in. As a people, we can stand for human rights, but we must all speak up and speak out against the violation of said rights. We must shout against the circus as opposed to turning a blind eye or cheering in favor of this mess.
