Climates Of Change

There’s a hole in skies above
where my Divinity had been

there’s a hole in tearful heart
where more love used to live

there are holes in hiking boots
I’ve worn for forty odd years
there’re holes in swirling ozone
where Earth now grows old

if there is a soul beyond soles
hope our grandkids can do well

as your God’s rock-paper-scissors
plays Roshambo with their world.

Der Stürmeroid Storm

i. Desde Trump

Pueblo sin ventanas
y paredes muy altas
desde la parte superior de la cual
pudimos ver todo.

Since Trump

Pueblo with no windows
and very high walls
from the top of which
we could see everything.

ii. By No Means A Kosher Cash Cow

Ukrainian speckled trout
now fights tooth and nail,
1st blaming George Soros
then claiming to be conflicted
out –-

which eventually is
not allowed, so when slapped
with Schiff’s subpoena, Rudy
goes on CNN where he hits
both plungers on TNT boxes.

iii. Comity Unhinged

“THIS is democracy!”
-- Adam Schiff, Chairperson
House Intelligence Committee

Impeachment hearings seem to
knock darkest-hour stuffings out of
our suffering seamier pieces of work.

Oy Tricky’s dingdong stayed within jammies
as Dick drank much more (inveigling Kissinger
to join in gin) plus swore at lists of Jewish enemies.

The Donald appeared a bit hardier dealing with Comey -- but
then began to unravel, using such terms of art as BULL SHIT,
___ strap and Adam Schitt during helluva long strange presser

soliloquy before asking one pool reporter, “Are you talking to me?”
Perhaps if taxpayers guaranteed him some sweetheart stand-up gigs,
pig’d consider vacating DC’s White House in favor of LA’s Comedy Club.

Now to end any déjà vu Nixonian suspense, OMG soon thereafter Vice→President
Pence also gets convicted of hanky-panky with Ukraine or maybe other nations: reality
weirder than fiction, who’d’ve guessed Speaker Pelosi might succeed to The Oval Office?

Gerard Sarnat won the Poetry in the Arts First Place Award plus the Dorfman Prize, and has been nominated for a handful of recent Pushcarts plus Best of the Net Awards. Gerry is widely published in academic-related journals (e.g., University Chicago, Stanford, Columbia, Harvard, and more) plus national (e.g., Gargoyle, Main Street Rag, New Delta Review, and more) and international publications (e.g., Review Berlin and New Ulster). He’s authored the collections Homeless Chronicles (2010), Disputes (2012), 17s (2014), Melting the Ice King (2016). Gerry is a physician who’s built and staffed clinics for the marginalized, as well as a Stanford professor and healthcare CEO. Currently he is devoting energy/ resources to deal with global warming. Gerry’s been married since 1969 with three kids plus six grandsons, and is looking forward to future granddaughters. To read more of Gerard’s poetry, click here.

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