Cotopaxi, Ecuador (summer 2012)

Saturday, January 11, 2025

the White Witch in the White House

i saw little Red Riding Hood
sitting on a mushroom cap
looking like a caterpillar
simply taking her final nap.

The Tin Men surrounded her
each holding an Atomic bomb
while Captain Kirk went boasting
that he discovered Major Tom
who was lying flat on a city street
where a Mother would hear him cry:

fake news reporters flew into a rage
but no one asked them why.

And behind the door to nowhere
the White Witch drove his train;
he held the throttle open wide
to see what he might gain.

on her bouncing floor Miss Dorothy
kept piling yellow bricks,
so Alice called the Queen outside
and blinded her with tricks.

a space ship called Apollo
on a mission to the moon
found David Bowie singing
with his Ziggy Stardust spoon:

he pleaded for a bathroom break
as two riders came his way,
but Neil Armstrong told him "Negative":
we ALL were here to stay.

then a ghostly sound like sirens
came echoing down the hall
but Vonnegut in Cat's Cradle
used Ice-Nine to end the call.

the operator was intrepid,
ran outside and threw a fist:
he thought he'd remain anonymous,
but she found him on her list.

meanwhile, the White Witch in the White House

proved he didn't know the score,

but even when he was winning, he always wanted MORE!

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