Inauguration Eve Haiku Poem by Chen-ou Liu

we heard it, we saw it, and we failed it.

the Capitol
slightly higher than the fence
Inauguration Eve

FYI: See my 'To the Lighthouse' post, Joshi (Prefatory Note) as a Poetic Device. And this haiku is a sequel to my haiku sequence, 'Inciter-In-Chief, ' published on the day of Donald Trump's second impeachment:

'Incited-In-Chief'

We will never give up, we will never concede. You'll never take back our country with weakness! You have to show strength! -- 'twice-impeached president, ' Donald Trump

From inflammatory words come violent actions -- on the steps of the Reichstag and now in the Capitol. -- Germany's Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas

morning chill
a river of floating
MAGA hats

noonday sun
'Do the right thing, ' a twist
to the President's mouth

a smiling white man
waves the Confederate flag
Capitol hallway

her bloody handprint
on 'Nothing Can Stop Us'
gathering dusk

FBI most wanted
a silhouette in the window
of the Oval Office

'Trump Impeachment'
the border wall higher
than the setting sun