he tells her earth’s flat —
he knows the facts – the planet
goes on being round …
A Haiku for the incoming Presidential Cabinet.
Based on the poem He Tells Her by Wendy Cope.
He tells her that the Earth is flat—
He knows the facts, and that is that.
In altercations fierce and long
She tries her best to prove him wrong.
But he has learned to argue well.
He calls her arguments unsound
And often asks her not to yell.
She cannot win. He stands his ground.
The planet goes on being round.
Published in If I don’t know by Wendy Cope (Faber and Faber, London, 2001).
No vaccines.
No taxes.
No Department of Justices.
But there will be walls.
Lots of walls.
They tell of the story of the feller who died and went to heaven and was given a tour by one of the angels. They passed a long, single story, low building made of cement bricks with a flat roof, no windows and one solid, closed door. The feller asked the angel what that building was for and the angel said that it was for Baptists. “They think they are only ones here,” said the angel.
And the planet goes on being round.
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