flood waters rising
white portico under siege
leader blowing smoke
This tanka is my response to RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge #276,
where the prompt words are smoke and water.
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Depiction of the North Portico, 1835
Source: The White House Historical Association
Credit: Kellogg, D.W. & Coo., via Library of Congress
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A lovely haiku, Ken.
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Thank you, Robbie.
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Splendid – nets matters down to essence.
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Thanks, Jazz. Running out of things to say about this circus sideshow. 😉
Right now we have a clown with his pants on fire running around a midget car, with (hopefully) fewer people trying to crowd in with him.
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Hopefully … I have to wonder about his believers’ capacity to change – they are as sworn to following his interpretations/directives as are many churchgoers sworn to follow their denomination’s interpretations/directives.
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Denial of a Mar-a-Lago clown
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Who will be the one to finally put out the fire? (K)
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Hopefully, he won’t have to burn down the house to convince everyone.
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It’s not a pleasant thought…
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Sigh–so true. You’ve condensed his whole administration down to these few words–but I also ask Kerfe’s question.
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Right, as he burns down the house.
Thank you, Merril.
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And now the lynching comment.
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The proverbial box of rocks.
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