Michael Loren Butkovich

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Exodus of a Trump

Conservatively shocked witnessing a YMCA movement     thereby buying into a MAGA of a mess     in empty promises     returning to a Mayberry utopia     therein undesirable dwellers –native or not     shall exit to the far-right     in holding a golden verde ticket     now meaningless     grants only a free con-air of a ride     –but Central America is lovely this time of year 

The head-duck     self-coronated within crimson stained blood-sands     while crispy critters are toasted well-done     a rich man’s old Southeast Asian recipe     a profiteering cuisine worth repeating      what a well-greased repackaged gimmick of a propaganda it was     
      via a Musky ideology in the Trumping of the Will under a saintly lamb’s cloak     situated well now claiming stately territories by way of excuses     securing a Gaza of peace ‘n exterminating Alibaba terrorists within the slaughtering invasion     Oh! –what matters in breaking a few innocent eggs     investment cost of a second Riviera development     bonus if it breaks the camel’s back     ending the oasis of liquid black-gold flow     –Dubia beware

Meanwhile the Duck-man buddies up to cartoon characters     seeking cronies of henchmen     
     while attempting to tame a pet Mishka      and the Hun rolls over in blitz     watching from the batholith pit     the well-groomed apt pupil revives his Reichs past     Oh! The hoodwink aged elephants stand in awe     as the ringmaster clown empties their trunks of stored peanuts     

Stormy winds blow ICEy fears across the land now    repeating Nuremberg testimonies –in just following orders     for the final solution be a scribble of a pen     solving all the apprentices’ problems in firing ‘n flying them away     while fertilizing notions of ideal followers is seeded

Easily duped in underestimating the bellhop who kept his long knives well hid     tiptoeing about –goosestepping echoes now revives forgotten vaulted Auschwitz memories     who said fascism was dead 

Meanwhile Bulls and Bears struggle surviving extinction     while freshly mint Bits of intangible currency corrode within the increasing tariff failings     for only the filthiest of filthy rich shall survive not taking the medicine     those with no choice struggle swallowing the poisonous cure     a paycheck to paycheck existence     cueing pantry lines repeating great granddad’s soup-kitchen shame     with bin-diving for dessert in accepting scraps off the rats table     becomes the norm     but draining the swap –has a hefty price     arranged in making the poor poorer and breaking the Rice Bowl once and for all     yet unexpectedly     —awakens a revolting Revolutionist south of the Wall     steadfast proudly –Viva Mexico!     

Peaceful gatherings now deemed unlawful     be answered with unlawful seizing     as wailing Eastern worshipers ‘n sympathizers     including scholarly allies and institutions once highly regarded     are punished in not playing the game     and just like tricky Dicky attempted in silencing Johnny in merely asking –give peace a chance     so too a Neil of a Maple Leaf faced silencing attacks

Second thoughts in holidaying away be questioned     for homecoming of unwelcoming’s beset regardless of official stately passes     what a Musky problem in dogeing the new cabinet rat’s rabbit virus     nibbling away at careers and lifetime savings     gnarring in decaying protection of blue shields & crosses     the infestation leaves little hope in planning a well-earned rest 

For within our Orwell modern world     all limitations are granted     if one falls Right in-line     for all spoils go to the victor     possibly an evergreen-neverland of natural treasures as well        
     meanwhile reclaiming the manmade channel guarantees free tolls     and seeking a great white north of security —secretly will increase private accounts 

    Hail to the Chief!     –all must now sing     but repeated history shall manifest a karma     one of a peachy exodus of one     meanwhile the once respected ‘n beloved Parisian torch bearer’s robe is raised     in being ravished her light of hope burns away     and all guarantees and Rights are Vanced into the dark     even Superior rulings are simply ignored    so the tearful Lady of Freedom looks to Mclean     –humming old jerseys of Purple Mountains and Equality     in possibly her final hour     asking     –how did it get so out of hand? 

Thereby let the proceedings begin… Making All Government Accountable

Michael Loren Butkovich attended San Antonio College earning an associate’s degree in English 2016. He then attended the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) earning a bachelor’s degree in English 2018—twice receiving honors and recognition of placement upon the dean’s list. Of that same year, he was inducted into the Sigma Tau Delta, International English Honors Society. Michael has noted publications within several literary magazines here in the United States and in England for an array of his literature works in poetry, short stories and proses, not to mention an array of photography and art works.