White House Blowout Tanka Poem by Chen-ou Liu

white house blowout...
this man-child's meaty smile
behind the Resolute desk
as southern magnolias explode
with a mob of ravens


FYI: Among the [symbolically rich] trees on the White House Grounds, the oldest ones, southern magnolias, were planted by Andrew Jackson in 1829.

And PopMatters, Feb.9,2017: 'The Spoiled Little Man-Child They Made King: Celebrity, Richard II, and Donald Trump.'

Did Shakespeare predict Donald Trump? No. He just wrote a play about a thin-skinned, petty, self-aggrandising narcissist whose poor leadership drove an empire to ruin.