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Toxic Sweet Talk

by Odin odin@aflx.com — Read all 3,869 poems by Odin odin@aflx.com

- Sometimes, the only way to dislodge the bad taste in one’s mouth is to purge. So…after another day of nonsensical “briefing” from the White House and reading NYT’s Thomas Friedman’s op-ed “Trump is Asking Us to Play Russian Roulette With Our Lives” one would like to deny the inevitability, but… (Image Mother Jones)

Thursday, April 23, 2020

 

 

Toxic Sweet Talk


How drippingly fine
The words that coat
Such layered density
Icing thick enough
To entice the fool
Along with seasoned critics
Into toxic waste “Cheer Leading”

Persuasion chef “Governors” united
Gourmet salesmanship
Learned minds
Street smart minds
Tribal and nepotistic minds
All hawking hidden politics and fear
Beneath their ever sweet glazing

One day
A global cake will be rolled out
For all “too-sooners”  to gorge on
Unaware from the cake’s top
Might explode mutated layered poison
Well surpassing yesterday’s sweet denials

Beware our own demise…

 
A recipe created by sentient impotence
The giant bite
The final swallow
The sweet tooth seduction
From the “Cheer Leader”

His unreality of a delusional body of infected biology

Ready to jump out from the top of the cake

Reminding us once again: “I’m the chosen one.”

 



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Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on April 24, 2020
A right on write. Loved the satire and sarcasm. At a time when we need true leadership the most, we still have trump. I didn't see the NYT"s article, but that Russian roulette analogy is spot on.


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