day TWO HUNDRED and SEVENTY

the Orange Menace
doesn’t care
about the flag

he needs a diversion
screwed up
the Orange Menace

started a fire
wants to hide it
from the world

yet the world
is watching
it burn

little Nero
is insulted
can’t let it go

little Nero
has to burn
the Orange Menace

back or lose face
so
the Orange Menace

is making a fuss
about flags
and football

--Thomas R. Thomas