wrinkled paunch speckled with eruptions of ermine the emperor is naked see how he fondles a child
forces himself onto nearby aide while the cameraman pans awkwardly away aims his lens toward the adoring crowds disembodied voices gush from the speaker about how magisterial and dignified he appears what a storybook marriage has with the missus how great it is to finally at long last have someone with empathy and civility back in power hashtags are suggested memes hastily produced on the spot in real time oh look now he’s invading Venezuela perfectly charming give us hell

butterfly
on a solar panel
coral lawn ornament

Jerome Berglund