What Rough Beast | Poem for October 25, 2019

Chad Parenteau
Rudy Giuliani Jesus Tanka

Rudy G. Jesus
asks his Lord Trump if he can
role-play our savior
again, just for three days off
and a heroic return.

Chad Parenteau is the author of Patron Emeritus (FootHills Publishing, 2013). His work has appeared in Tell-Tale InklingsQueen Mob’s Tea HouseThe Skinny Poetry JournalIbbetson 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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