1
Donald J Trump in a roadside bar
his cap sliding into his eyes,
nursing his drink like he’s film noir
‘I just can’t get an aide,’ he sighs
‘who’ll stay from round-up to trail’s-end.’
His tenth’s contract came to a sudden end.
The bar man shakes his head, ‘I hate
to see any man so down on his luck.
All end up here, somehow.’ gives me a look,
then begins to relate…
but Donald sat up, shook,
insomnia-red eyes glared around the room,
as he mumbled ju-ju into soda and lime
in a whiskey glass.
Will he phone home? Will he sleep alone?
‘Looking for reporters, TV crew,’
the bar man says. ‘It’s what they all do
at the end of their time.’
2
Donald J Trump woke up in his trailer
struggled to put on his too-tight jacket,
grunted with shoes, zipped pants, in that order.
Looked up, straightened tie: ‘Still hack it!’
Checked pockets, sprayed hair, ‘They’ll see!’
Hummed a voice check, ‘Here’s to me!’
chinking his glass, then downed in one;
rechecked the clock: Will this be the one?
Nearly time to hit the stage again,
stood, belly in, ok, a little weight gain;
climbed step by step down the stairs
to stand in the wings. ‘Noisy tonight’.
He knew a few things to get them right,
tricks and faces, the names in his cross-hairs.
Then time: stepping out all constraint disappears
as he puts on his Mickey Mouse ears.
The circus is in town again.
michael9murray 