Chad Parenteau
Two Timely Tankas from the Resistance
Whistleblower Jesus Tanka
Trump Junior says I
know Whistleblower Jesus!
Rand Paul says No, I
know Whistleblower Jesus!
Rooster stalls at spectacle.
Michael Bloomberg Jesus Tanka
This poem is paid for
by Michael Bloomberg Jesus,
the most recent of
our beta billionaires
hawking their own golden calf.
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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