An Ocular Burn

August 22, 2017

This is not another poem about Donald Trump.
This is about men who look directly at the sun with fingers raised,
mocking doctors and other gods in totality.
This is about men who, even blind, think they can see it all,
eclipsing every truth with the
vanities of the moon.

 


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Yes, Donald Trump really did look at the sun during the solar eclipse [CNN]

Jenna Spagnolo is the co-editor of Poets Reading the News.

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