Emperor
preens
attention-whore
looks
for
his next trick
foreign
rogue
see
opportunity in the unseen
Emperor’s
extortion contortions
large
sum of money
for
election alterations
Emperor
is fitted
victory
visible for the unfit
Electoral
College flaws
transparent
whirring
danger looms
Emperor’s
advisors spin truth
self-preservation
fabrication
foreign
rogue constructs
fitting
suit
stretching
the truth
royal
procession
Inaugural
ball
orange
puff buff
Emperor
wears
nothing
but
spray
tan and goosebumps
media
calls Emperor out
the naked truth replaced
by twittering blue bird
foreign
rogue
pulling
threads from afar
Emperor’s
puppeteer
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