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David Erdos: ‘The United Hates of America’

November 6, 2024 by Jan Herman

You can be sure this poem will not be read at the Orange Turd’s coronation.

Nor this:

Exiled Thucydides knew
All that a speech can say
About what dictators do
The elderly rubbish they talk
To an apathetic grave
Analysed them all in his book:
Enlightenment driven away,
The habit-forming pain.
Mismanagement and grief
We must suffer them all again.
— W.H. Auden

(courtesy Ben Francis)
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  1. William Cody says

    November 6, 2024 at 8:53 am

    Trump the beast has ascended the throne
    The rabble pay homage to their own deceit
    They can put their guns in the drawer
    Until they are told what to do next
    But for now they can parade
    Their ignorance in the streets
    And lick the blood from the beast’s rabid tongue

    • Richard Aaron says

      November 10, 2024 at 4:55 pm

      The garbage and deplorables of the nation send you cheeseburgers bedecked in flowers and wish you a swift recovery.

    • BillC says

      November 10, 2024 at 8:14 pm

      You are the perfect example of an arrogant ignorant leftist snot. People like YOU are why Trump won, and probably have no clue about it..

      • Jan Herman says

        November 11, 2024 at 8:17 am

        Now now …

        • Cousin R says

          November 11, 2024 at 9:46 am

          And then came now now now

          • Jan Herman says

            November 11, 2024 at 10:12 am

            it did:
            https://www.outskirtsofthecity.com/2023/02/now-now-now-number-3-c1966.html

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