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A Retro Industrial Revolution

A nod to Wordsworth, The World Is Too Much With Us

The POTUS claims a monarchy, his MAGA boon,
and gutting government, his twisted power
fires thousands, his threats make allies cower.
I don’t know, he says when plotting ruin;
don’t know that blazing August’s now in June;
don’t know about those fed by our endowers—
the sick and war-torn wilting faster than flowers.
I don’t know on trade’s a muddled tune:
He melts down, rages to even up the score,
and dictates an Industrial creed outworn
that exploits children, the weak and struggling poor.
Not unionized, their worker’s rights unborn.
Such crises and chaos democracies deplore
make the knowing world react with scorn.

Early Trump/Musk and clown-car cabinet 2025

Up at New Verse News