Hail to the chief,
praise you, protector of wife-beaters, missiles and coal.
Hail to the liars, to foreclosure kings,
and slumlords of faked gilded halls.
Hail to the chief, polluters of rivers,
destroyer of freedom to protest, abuser of girls.
Hail to your corporate pilfers and thieves
and the profit from of guns to destruction of peace.
Hail to division by color and builders of walls.
to the fast food, to fire and fury.
Hail to your faking of news, to the power of bots
Hail to the past of confederate cause.
Hail to the kingpins of twitter, hail the oversized ties.
Hail to the ban of shithole in nations.
Hail to the chief.
Birth of a New Nation by Walter Battiss
Today Brendan wants us to write satire, to vent our anger at toads. Yes it’s disrespectful and it’s meant to be. Will also link up to poetry pantry tomorrow morning.
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February 17, 2018
Amen! And the shouter of shithole nations has turned his own into one. What new world hath been wrought in this toilet? Thanks for toiling so.
Truly enjoyed venting my anger on this.
“Hail to your faking of news..” sigh.. yes sadly its common and true. Powerfully written, Bjorn.
I could have added “silencing science”…
😂😂I knew someone would do one in Trumy! Glad it was you. Perfectly insulting!
It was easy to do.
He asked for it😐
Hail to this poem – no sarcasm intended in this case! I truly love it Bjorn. I love it almost as much as I loathe the person it is intended towards. Huzzah!
You paint a grim picture, here – but that IS the picture. No one ever emerged victorious, pussyfooting around someone goosestepping in jack boots.
Whew – this took my breath away. Even you in Sweden know! Protector of wife beaters, missiles, and coal! The kingpin of twitter has an exaggerated opinion of himself, and he has turned OUR nation into a ‘shithole nation’ unlike any he has indicated he despised. Grim truth. Powerful fare.
You certainly rose to the occasion! A skilful and meaningful vent.
I can see you enjoyed yourself 🙂 If this was a newspaper, though, I wouldn’t be buying 😉
Love it Bjorn. About the only omission is can find is in reference to the R U S S I A N S. It’s my bedtime but after reading your comment I had to come. Very much satire. Mine is also political, it may tend to be Fake News more so than satire, you can help judge. But it was a fun write, needing to be said. Yours also needed to be said, all his horrid aspects listed in one piece of writing. Thank you.
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Yours is a powerful and much needed piece of satire to stir collective consciousness against the oppressive. Brilliant write, Björn!
Not near enough said. The guy is a psychopath!
Great satire, Bjorn, you’ve nailed this one.Now we just need someone to nail the chief.
Ironically, that’s what we are singing but voting them in… bowing low to these atrocities you mention…
Powerfully put..you nailed it!
Not sure if this causes more consternation or constipation! Haha!
Thank gods not all of us hail them, but none so blind as those that won’t see.
It was very satisfying to read!
Absolutely Fabulous….Perfection…..I am cheering as this is exactly how I feel! So much truth in our idiocy, greed and planned ignorance to promote power and hate!!
Hail to the shithole-in-chief himself. I could not agree more, Bjorn. My amazement is that Congress doesnt remove him. They are complicit in what is going on.
I wonder how long will people remain blinded by this chief…when will the awakening occur….
I like these sections:
“praise you, protector of wife-beaters, missiles and coal” … I think of the shirt, though.
“Hail to your faking of news, to the power of bots
Hail to the past of confederate cause.”
That is a very interesting piece of artwork. I’m so glad you shared it.
It puts a new spin on A River Runs Through It. 🙂
Have you seen that movie?
You have written a true verse….each word rings true.
Bravo! Bravo!
I think you’ve well summed him up.
Bravo from me too.
Anna :o]
Clever write Björn
Much💖love
I am sure we had a contented laugh about the words we wished came from our pens too as we see the harm being done to a great nation, but what we all want to see (including us from foreign climes) is action to put things right before it is too late and the world we knew was faulty becomes irreparably broken.
Bjorn, Hail to you! You’ve written what so many of us want to say. while I had fun reading this, it highlighted even more for me, how pathetic your subject is and how sad that his followers are blind to him.
I can’t help, but to agree. 😦
kaykuala
It is daunting to think lots of things are wrong but still life goes on!
Hank
brilliantly written! 🙂
The very essence of satire!
Sad to say, all you write is true…
I feel your angst shining through!
A strong satirical piece. This is barbed and brutal.
Very clever from start to finish. Let us Hail someone else for a change.
Oh, that does sting nicely.