seems on TV?
Or is he merely
the psychotic dog
in a dog and pony show
holding our horrified
attention while behind
the scenes the gray men
in the halls of Congress
change rights we thought
immutable? Is his
smarmy smile trying
to hide the Howdy
Doody strings pulled by
Putin from his faraway
palace that Fascism built?
see in him? Were they
so frightened by Obama’s
complexion they wanted
someone, anyone, who would
tell them being white still
meant being the best?
It doesn’t matter their jobs
pay minimum wage,
and they barely finished
high school, but their kids
didn’t. But they are white,
and they can hear the
“code words” he speaks
telling them what they
need to hear that white
is right and white folks still rule.
Or is it the Edsel Effect?
People who bought them
vigorously defended them,
when they knew they
were junk because they
had invested too much
money and ego in them.
Or are his supporters
like abused women,
who forgive and forgive
his many moral lapses,
his “Grab them by the
pussy” attitude and
many mistresses,
his repeated lies given
with such a cavalier
attitude, his neglect
of their welfare
because, despite all the
evidence to the contrary,
they still believe he loves
them?
Or are they afraid
of the cost of being
a Trump traitor?
The shaming, the shunning,
the loss of community?
Would they miss the
heady rallies bordering
on worship, cheering
every word, no matter
how untrue, because they
are being told over and
over, they are the elect,
the saviors of America
if they just follow him
and believe only him.
if they shut their eyes,
and ears to the Fake News
who is anyone that
disagrees with him?
He is their only savior
in a world bounded by
his words which have
built his real wall -
a wall between his
followers and reality.
what has created this
phenomenon because I,
too, love America,
But it’s an America Trump
doesn’t know and never will.
--Janet Stotts
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