{"id":61721,"date":"2024-07-04T15:42:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T19:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=61721"},"modified":"2026-01-23T12:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:24:07","slug":"just-in-time-for-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2024\/07\/just-in-time-for-independence-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Just in Time for Independence Day<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

. . . from Shadow Words<\/a> :<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘We crowned him circus king \/ our technicolor conman’<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n
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Nasty<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
    <\/em>America\u2019s top shitholer goes
    whole hog at the public trough,
    and never mind the rest of us,
    because that is the hog\u2019s nature.
    A silly grin when he licks his lips,
    a scowl like a lout\u2019s mustache\u2014
    the toadstool dick, the hellish
    grunts, the squeals, the bogus
    outrage of the ring, all are brazen
    matches for his silly pompadour.
    We crowned him circus king,
    our technicolor conman\u2014
    we shamed ourselves
    enabling such a shameless thing.  <\/strong><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
America’s top shitholer goes
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\nand never mind the rest of us,
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