July 17th
THE LAST TRUMP
a toddler
at the head of state
our fate
subject to baby needs
seems fitting
in this world
of toddlers, twats and temper tantrums
twiddling idle thumbs
playing games
naming names
engaged in self-styled settings
expansive as their tiny minds
can download to dream
confined by what technology
allows
they have no time
to contemplate a tree
they must upload
to make it real
the toddler
is the leader
we deserve
the selfie
we deny
the Masterchef Survivor
golden Idol
we all secretly admire
the age of thinking
good and bad
is gone
it is a ka-ka pee-pee
I want gimme-gimme
world now
where the toddler
the moron and the savage
ravage all
and straddle thrones
a simpler world
curated
for marshmallow minds
who want their data
and they want it now, Daddy!
This poem taken from A Day At A Time In Rhyme (Littlefox Press) can be found here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Day-At-Time-Rhyme/dp/0648083861/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=A+Day+At+A+Time+In+Rhyme+Jane+Clifton&qid=1572053238&sr=8-1
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See also poems read out loud at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9uLwxslE_VQ-fu-Dw6gdIA/playlists