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‘Upon Learning of Trump’s Conviction’ by UK Poet James Sale

May 31, 2024
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Upon Learning of Trump’s Conviction

_America is big;
__Does things in style:
Like setting up a President
__And rigging his trial.

_America is small;
__Does things with guile:
No charge against the President—
_Hey, not fair: senile!

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James Sale has had over 50 books published, most recently, “Mapping Motivation for Top Performing Teams” (Routledge, 2021). He has been nominated by The Hong Kong Review for the 2022 Pushcart Prize for poetry, has won first prize in The Society of Classical Poets 2017 annual competition, and performed in New York in 2019. He is a regular contributor to The Epoch Times. His most recent poetry collection is “StairWell.” For more information about the author, and about his Dante project, visit https://englishcantos.home.blog. To subscribe to his brief, free and monthly poetry newsletter, contact him at [email protected]

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Comments 17

  1. C.B. Anderson says:
    2 years ago

    American politics are as bad as British politics, no? The Pond is not as wide as I once thought it was.

    Reply
    • James Sale says:
      2 years ago

      Yes, CB, we’re neck and neck: for us this forthcoming July 4th promises to be the final descent into a statist state followed by anarchy!

      Reply
  2. Cynthia Erlandson says:
    2 years ago

    Bingo, James. The whole hypocrisy succinctly expressed!

    Reply
    • James Sale says:
      2 years ago

      Thanks Cynthia – Bingo, indeed!

      Reply
  3. Sally Cook says:
    2 years ago

    Thanks for caring, James. One of the best Presidents ever beloved by many and treated like a dog by fools.
    Our country is in shock, and your poem sums it up.

    Reply
    • James Sale says:
      2 years ago

      A spontaneous pleasure, Sally – thank you! My country is in turmoil too if it’s any consolation!

      Reply
      • Sally Cook says:
        2 years ago

        Dear James -Somewhere I read that the illegals are about to be placed on the rolls for Social Security. On the document which enrolls them is a question asking if they would like to vote, and a line followed by their signature. What is to stop anyone from inserting Biden’s name and counting it as an actual vote?
        Tried but failed to find the source for this again.
        If you have seen this I would appreciate confirmation of same, as either I am hallucinating or the world is even more corrupt than I think.
        However, if you can substantiate it as an actual fact I would not be surprised as there are already enough of them here to turn an election, and they are presently being given housing, food and. credit cards, In at least one school district children must work from home because their schools are being used as dormitories for them.

        This is all so insane, I wonder if the UK is doing similar things. Would appreciate hearing from you on this.

        Reply
      • James Sale says:
        2 years ago

        I can’t give you the source, Sally, but it is insane; and also I am not sure whether what is happening in the USA is exactly mirrored in the UK, but I feel sure it is close. In the last 2 years our small country has let in 2.4 Million immigrants, both legally and illegally!!! 2.4M!!! I think Farage estimated that we need to build a new property once every minute just to house them! A racket is going in – a money racket – only it isn’t just for the mobsters. In my country, the universities, colleges and employers are in on it. And so … the poor become poorer. What the very comfortable don’t seem to realise is that when the very poor reach total despair, then revolution comes … and everything changes.

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  4. Roy Eugene Peterson says:
    2 years ago

    Exactly!

    Reply
  5. Brian A. Yapko says:
    2 years ago

    Pithy, pointed and painfully accurate! Thank you for this, James. It made me smile on an otherwise bleak day.

    Reply
    • James Sale says:
      2 years ago

      A joy to make you smile, Brian! Thanks.

      Reply
  6. Joseph S. Salemi says:
    2 years ago

    After this blatant travesty of justice, I’ll say this: Anyone who votes for Biden or the Democrat ticket is not just an idiot, but a moral degenerate.

    Reply
  7. Lannie David Brockstein says:
    2 years ago

    A rigged infection,
    A rigged injection;
    A rigged election
    And insurrection.

    Reply
  8. Warren Bonham says:
    2 years ago

    You nailed the two-tier justice system we have gravitated towards. Thanks for casting light on it.

    Reply
    • James Sale says:
      2 years ago

      Thanks Warren – yes, they want equality, but not fairness: weird, or what?

      Reply
  9. Susan Jarvis Bryant says:
    2 years ago

    Brief and brill – this sums up this dastardly debacle in a polished, poetic nutshell. Thank you, James.

    Reply
    • James Sale says:
      2 years ago

      Thank you Susan: we Brits feel it too!

      Reply

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