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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The last one is my favorite, although it makes me sad! "Felonious Fairy Tales" is a great name.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tabatha! Yes, that pesky foreign rouge is quite the puppeteer. Ugh.
DeleteOh yes -- this is great, and only too true. Love the "orange puff buff" and the "spray tan and goosebumps." A tangled web that needs to be unraveled. Pieces are falling into place, though, but how long before the GOP DOES SOMETHING?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jama! Yes, I'm waiting on the unraveling and the GOP to wake up and smell the crimes! They're going to go down with the sinking ship if they don't. Double ugh.
DeleteLove the idea of "Felonious Fairy Tales". The ingredients to add to your "goulash" just keep coming, don't they? The poem hits some points that I wish all would see, but some are blind and I guess will continue to be. Love "self-preservation fabrication". That is truth! See the reactions to the Montana's newest. Thanks Bridget. Carry on!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Linda! It is literally insane that the truth is up for debate. Carry on, too, resist-sister! =)
DeleteOh no. Now I'm picture the Orange Menace naked, thank you very much. As if the bathrobe wasn't bad enough. *Laughing very hard*
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, Brenda! Breath and imagine all of this behind us...uh, just don't imagine his behind. Gulp. =)
DeleteA cautionary tale if ever I heard one! Too bad we've already gone beyond cautionary, huh. You're a clever lady, Ms. Bridget.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Michelle! I wish we were still in the cautionary stages then maybe we could change the trajectory we're on. Soon it will be clean up mode...I hope. =)
DeleteBridget, as the expression goes, "great minds think alike." I have an illustrated poem called "The Emperor" set to post Sunday morning (link active after 6 am http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2017/05/happy-haiga-day_28.html)
ReplyDeleteTo be linked to your great mind would be an honor, Diane! I look forward to reading your Emperor post. =)
DeleteSo many good lines...it's hard to choose a favorite. I do love the title Felonious Fairy Tales, too.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kay! I appreciate your kindness. More Felonious Fairy Tales to come - though not political, which is for the best. =)
DeleteZing! You nailed it!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mary Lee! I wish there wasn't so much to nail. =)
DeleteWickedly fabulous! Love "...naked truth replaced
ReplyDeleteby twittering blue bird" Bravo! As Helen Mirren told Tulane grads this week, "Nothing good comes from Tweeting at 3AM!" -- Christie @ https://wonderingandwondering.wordpress.com/blog/
This is wonderful Bridget!
ReplyDelete"media calls Emperor out
the naked truth replaced
by twittering blue bird"
I think they should hurry up and get on with this, so we can get on with the needs of the country.
"the naked truth replaced
ReplyDeleteby twittering blue bird"
perfection!
I'm catching up after a long weekend away. I love what you've done here. And, Felonious Fairy Tales is such a great title. Keep going!
That opening stanza -- yes! It was great to see your "blue bird" right after reading Linda Baie's peacock poems. That's 45 alright.
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