Chad Parenteau
Timely Tankas from the Resistance, Reel 6
Lev Parnas Jesus Tanka
Lev Parnas Jesus
has Devin Nunes screaming
I don’t know this man!
Rooster finally quits post
getting tired of this shit.
Kamala Harris Jesus Tanka
Two crucified beside
Kamala Harris Jesus.
One cries You’re a cop!
The other one cries All white!
The hopes we have left! All white!
#ToiletTrump Jesus Tanka
#ToiletTrump Jesus
says ten-to-fifteen flushes.
The first ten are for
each commandment, the last five
are saved for the rosary.
Do this in his memory.
Chad Parenteau is the author of Patron Emeritus (FootHills Publishing, 2013). His work has appeared in Tell-Tale Inklings, Queen Mob’s Tea House, The Skinny Poetry Journal, Ibbetson Street, and Wilderness House Literary Review. He serves as associate editor of Oddball Magazine. His second full-length collection, The Collapsed Bookshelf, is forthcoming.
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