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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 04:22 PM Apr 2021

With apologies to Percy Bysshe Shelley:

"Trumpymandias"

I met a traveller from a modern land
Who said: "A vast near endless derriere
Squats in the city---near it, on concrete
Half gone, a shattered visage lies, whose smirk
And pouting lips, and sneer of arrogance
Tell that the sculptor well that contempt read
Which yet survives, stamped on what remains:
A reminder of apathy's cost.
And, writ in letters large and gilt:
"My name is Donaldus Trumpus, I know everything.
Look on my boastful claims, ye sheep, and despair!"

Nothing beside remains. Round the rot
Of this colossal fool,feckless and unashamed,
A nation desperately struggles to forget him.

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With apologies to Percy Bysshe Shelley: (Original Post) Atticus Apr 2021 OP
Bravo! Nicely done. Ocelot II Apr 2021 #1
You left out "visage" after "shattered." tblue37 Apr 2021 #2
Just fixed it. Thanks. nt Atticus Apr 2021 #3
Almost as good as it was in 11th grade, but much sadder. Does history teach us nothing? Well done. Biophilic Apr 2021 #4
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