Chad Parenteau
Two Timely Tankas from the Resistance, Reel 4
Rudy Giuliani Jesus Tanka, Take Two
Rudy G. Jesus
will have all his stigmata
all around his back.
Not from the cross, but the bus
they’ve thrown him under.
Gordon Sondland Jesus Tanka
It’s a good Friday,
and Gordon Sondland Jesus
sits and shrugs. Aw shucks.
They used up the boards and nails
to crucify the others.
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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