… sealed with a kiss and a warrant
He fly da vulture
He stranger than danger
He swamp da monster
He got winner envy
He lose by plenty
He look orange monkey
He big sunshine faker
He red carpet bagger
He Passé da posse grabber (?)
He dat hound dog’s brother
He da Beastie’s bestie
He one mother trucker
He be Frankenstein’s baby
He wheel the dealer
He be Hoodoo Leader
He do voodoo healer
He cure Che Guevara
He scam Atlanta big crime
But yet . . . he do no time?
He ain’t no Saint Obama
He more Bananarama
Like Apprentice Master
As he cancel culture
He eat dolce vita
He Tweet de junkie
He crypt Golden Tower
He shower da power
He Big City Selfie
He be law an’ disorder
As he reheat old Dixie
He pardon turkey
He Black Friday frenzy
He get wife for trophy
He da weenie Mussolini
He fit golf buggy snugly
He say . . .
“No, and no, and no conspiracy!”
One thing he can tell you
is confidentiality ain’t free
( … just ask ask Mistress Stormy)
He virus sponsor
He the uber spreader
He the generous donor
He top secret taker
He snacks on grandma
He sports the Spandex
He spirits the implants
He squeeze the juices
He cheese the slices
He speaks the corn flakes
He teach true science
He stole the Tardis
He Doctor Who’s nemesis
He Iran da Hit Man
He corsage Bill Clinton
He no Hillary best friend
Miss Universe no miss him
He give narcissism meaning
He darkness footsteps
He stalk Great Walrus
He got weenie apparatus
He seek patriot short pants
He give rabies romance
He da tax man locust
He pay hocus pocus
He be Putin’s first choice
He in congress the office
He da coitus ex POTUS
He lecture Professor Virologist
He jack the Wall Street
He crack pepper da market
He cheat da counterfeit
He preach da false profit
He smokes and he mirrors
He confederates da riot
He working class opiate
He strokes dat bible belt
He confect da heaven sent
He nominate total control
His lawyers got no soul
He bork the process
As he broke the compass
He make the snake oil
He spark da trailer park
He poke da gun smoke
He beserk da shop clerk
He bad seduction
He strain the mutation
He mainline division
He fake the true fiction
He got all you watching
As he twerk the O ring
He dead Epstein boy friend
He sky high deception
He Ghislaine’s sly wingman
He plastic road trip
He syndrome deficit
He FOMO da podium
He do hip replacement
He da double geriatric
He shame the brand name
He bull the china shop
He big power addiction
He proud boy with the lot
But …
Sooner or later
He may recover
When the withdrawals
Come to a full stop ⚫
DEMOCRACY
COME TOGETHER
RIGHT NOW
… OVER ME
and I say . . .
“Arrivederci teenie il Duce!
Get back Jojo. Get back
to where you once belonged.
Mar-a-Lago, the USSR, that
Golden Tower, or wherever?!”
~ David B. Redpath ©2021-22
Artwork;
David B. Redpath © 2021-22
Wowza. I like this. This be awesome.
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Thanks for your vote
of confidence 🙏😎
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I have to say so apropos, love the He, he, he indicating narcissistic behavior. They are is fitting and well done. My 🧢s off to you. 😎😁
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A landslide of thank yous, Elle 💛
My hat says …
“Make Him Stop Grating … Again!”
On TV I saw him on the podium
gyrating ( Or was it dancing?)
during that non-stop re-election
campaign. Fear not, the end is
in sight.
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Did you eat whole dolce vita? Was it that sweet? Because if it was, I bet you’ll wanna bake some more.
(It will. It has to.)
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It was very nice, thank you Bojana.
A bit bitter yet sweet, with a just a
hint of some soporific spice that
sent me bananas 🍌😎
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Hopefully, you saved the recipe.
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The Cake of State 🍰 got altered
and then left out in the rain ☔
Somewhere in MacArthur Park?
🎶 I don’t think that I can take it
‘cause it took so long to bake it 😢
and I’ll never have that recipe again.
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I’m sure you’ll think of a new one, being as resourceful as you are.
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The artwork is fabulous.
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Thanks Kritika 🙏💛
I dabbled with oils for this one,
so much cleaning up to be done.
Much like a Presidential Election 😎
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Hahaha
Yes can understand the mess created.
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Very well written….loving the “he” in your writings….but not the actual he….he the psycho….cool artwork….
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Thanks Gavin 🙏 I was compulsed,
and a bit repulsed, to be doing this
bit of writing.
But what a great idea for a movie,
‘American Psycho 2 -The Narcissist’!
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You’re welcome David….it’s a great idea of a new movie 😉
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This is so incredible that I need to adopt a french accent and say instead ‘magnifique!‘
However, were I to suggest any change, it would be a simple one: Replace all instances of ‘He’ with ‘Me’, on the grounds that it would provide the proper perspective for the orange 💩’s egocentrism.
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Merci beaucoup 🙏
I wouldn’t dare speak on his behalf.
Like one of his lawyers I could end
up in jail, and cut adrift. Unless one
gets a Presidential Pardon 🦃😎
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From the rose garden of my heart,
thank you very much 🌹🙏
I wouldn’t dare speak on his behalf.
Like one of his lawyers I could end
up in jail, and cut adrift. Unless one
gets a Presidential Pardon 🦃😎
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Absolutely great man.
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I be the rambler, Amber 😎
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Haha, great rambling, looking forward to future posts man. 🙏
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The form this poem takes reminds me of “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks. As for the content, it’s spot-on, as any sentient being could confirm. Watching the news this week, I fear that even when Trump is gone, the Trumpism he spawned won’t be, and they have an abundance of weapons, a paucity of brains, and no moral compass. A very, very dangerous combination.
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Thanks for that, Liz 🙏💛
You’ve just inspired me to give
it a tweak, a tweet, and a twerk,
for the sake of poetic justice.
But as you know, being an alien 👽
I never make unsolicited comments
regarding U S politics 😱 🕶️
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You’re welcome, David. Chortle to that last bit. 😀
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Love it, Great piece! Dig the artwork too
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Thanks for the positivity, Jay 🙏😎
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This was super creative and different somehow, and made me smile. Artwork is paradoxically beautiful and frightening. Love the colours, brushstrokes, layout, particularly of the second one. 🎨💗
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After 4 years of watching that
slow motion train wreck called
The Fake Truman Show, it was
time to write a review before
the circus leaves town 😎
Very gratifying that you liked
my dabbling, Lia 🙏 I did some
digital filtering after splashing
the oil paints around 💦🎨
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Oh and I thought, from a previous comment on a different post around election time, that you were also against Biden! Well, your wordplay was smashing. Very cool that you paint with oils. My mom sometimes did also. 👩🎨🖼💛
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As Leonard Cohen once said …
I’m sentimental,
if you know what I mean.
I love the country
but I can’t stand the scene.
And I’m neither left or right,
just staying home tonight,
getting lost
in that hopeless little screen.
But I’m stubborn as those garbage
bags that time cannot decay.
I’m junk, but I’m still holding up
this little wild bouquet.
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
With oils you need to be very neat
or be prepared to live with the mess
… much like U.S. politics 🤔
I can only guess that your mum was
the type to clean up after herself 🎨
… unlike Trump 😎
I’m sure Biden, the winner of that
Geriatric Beauty Pageant, couldn’t
be any worse. But will he outlast
Kamala Harris❓ Private interests,
lobbyists 🤑 loaded up with bags
of big business cash 💵 have totally
corrupted the political process.
If I was a cynical person I might
just say that sleepy Joe is just
another pig with his snout in the
trough. But I’m not, so I’ll speak
only of the President Elect with
due respect 😇 🕶️
As Bob Dylan might say …
Money doesn’t talk, it swears.
Political propaganda, it’s all phony.
Goodness hides behind it’s gates,
but even the President of the
United States sometimes
must have to stand naked.
Though the rules of the road have
been lodged, It’s people’s games,
you got to dodge.
But it’s alright, Ma, I can make it.
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I am glad you can make it. As well as freely write it and paint it. :)) Democracy definitely helps with that, and voting preserves it. :)) 🙋♀️🗽🔆
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In total agreement, Lia ☑️
A dysfunctional democracy is
better than a ruthless totality 🚫
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There we have it. 🤗✅💗 Always happy when we’re in agreement, David. 😚🤓👯♂️
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Your artwork is fabulous. When I reached the end of the poem, I was thinking about how the poem plays with including and excluding verbs. When I saw the image, it stopped me in my tracks because it was a person who was still but was being pierced by the line. There is both stillness and movement, which made me think about the lines in your poem that are both still (no verbs) and in motion (with verbs.) – L.J.
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The rabbit 🐇
like a sitting target 🎯
caught in the headlights
of a very moving
election result 😎
He just don’t like it 🐰
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a brilliant parody on Trump, David, by way of ‘Come Together’; love the artwork too; and like the old ‘Desiderata’ worthy of multiple readings 🙂
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Thanks John, and may
the Desiderata be with you.
As you correctly diagnosed,
I was greatly influenced
to write this piece by that
other John 😎 So I made
the choice to make mention
of the Great Walrus.
May he rest in peace 🙏
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indeed 🙂
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I really like the painting at the bottom, you have much talent
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Thank you most abundantly 🙏
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Amen to all that, David. I think you got him covered. LOL!
Art
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I strongly suspect many a
heartfelt prayer will be answered
on January twentieth, Art 🙏😎
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“He give narcissism meaning” — Wonder who you could possibly be referring to, David. It would be funny, if it weren’t so disturbing.
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Being a lawyer, you’ll appreciate
that I never name names, Anna 😎
just in case Rudy is listening👂
This piece of writing came to me
in the form of a scary dream 😱
late at night, during the witching
hour⌚with a full moon rising 🌕
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Federico Fellini would have enjoyed your song, David. 😀
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That is very satyricon of you
to say, Christopher. Grazie very
multi fillini mille 🙏 😎
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a masterpiece, David; wild with references and word play; totally enjoyable; love the artwork too 🙂
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Thanks John 🙏 😎
Just don’t tell the Fab Four, or the
Donald, what I’ve been up to 🤫🕶️
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mum’s the word, David, as always 🙂
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And . . . the beat goes on! Or . . . when will this nightmare end? David, your humor and wit turn the key. May our future be free.
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It’s all just one big Mar-a-Lago
merry-go-round, Buckeye 🎠
A comedy or a tragedy, only
time … and a comprehensive
investigation by the F.B.I., will
tell. In the meantime I’m just
grateful I live in a reality TV
relatively free democracy 📺😎
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WOWOWOW!!! David the AWESOME One, at it again!!!! Damn, my friend! Wow. Cheers, hugs and Thank You!!! 🤗🤗🤗
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Thanks for tuning in for my news
bulletin to the brain, Katy 🙏 😎
Is it just me, or has the World 🌎
gone completely insane? 🤔 🕶️
Lady Liberty 🗽seems to just be
lollygagging whilst shit happens 😱
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Always my pleasure, mindblowing-David!!! Yeah….it does seem as if the world has gone completely insane. I’m not sure what Lady Liberty is doing. I’ve been actively hopping on the thick cloud of Love and Prayers constantly surrounding the planet. I seriously believe although we don’t see it many places we look within society…there is a major force of healing and transformation occurring. Like childbirth…painful, messy and completely beyond our comprehension. I have to believe this. And even if I’m wrong, for me personally, it’s a great place to put my energy at this time. We’ve all got to do whatever feels right in our hearts. Egad, though, the challenges around the planet are A LOT to live with, take in and to process!!! It’s impossible to know what to do at times. Cheers and Hugs though, and Thank You again!!! 🥰🙏🏼😎❤️🍪☮️💖🌎🌻🐬💕🤗
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May your cup of delightful
creativity 👁️💡👁️ 🎨 🌟 🎶 💝
and positive energy 🔊 ➕ ⚡
be ever overflowing 🌊 Katy 🙏 ♾️
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Oh gosh!!!! WOW!!!! This is SOOOO lovely, David!!! Thank You with all my heart!!! May Yours be as well! Sending You HUGE hugs and tons of love, my friend! ❤️🙏🏼🐬☮️🌻🤗💖!
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✌️🥰🧁🌹
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Well, I have no answers, but I do agree “we need to get ourselves back to the garden”.
Adore the combo pic of you inside a Dali! Well done!
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It is a quandary of the most
extraordinary, Resa.
Multiple Michael is the one to
blame for that doctored Dali pic.
He really can’t help himself 😎
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The doctored Dali pic is fab!
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Impressive artwork and words, David. I love this. ❤️
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Thanks Anita 🌷🙏
It’s cheaper 💵 if you
do the artwork yourself 😎
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Pleasure David. Everything is cheaper if you do it yourself and it’s likely to be more professional. 🌸😊
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It was a labour of love … or hate?
I’ve forgotten which?! Perhaps it
was a bit of both 🤔
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Perhaps of love and love 💕
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Well, I guess love always
trumps hate, Anita 👌😎
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❤️
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Beautifully tribute to that cool phyco type guy may be he was most dangerous for democracy. Your art work is most lovely,dear Redpath❣️🙏❣️
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Greatly appreciated, Aruna 🙏
Yes, democracy in the USA has been
saved from a nut case 😜 A lesson
Russia should take notice of 😎
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Yeah.you are right.Russia should understand this truth.welcome,dear!!🌹🙏🌹
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