A Month Of Couplets

From The Daily Couplet:

4/29/17

“Here’s the one heart that you’re unworthy of,”

Life says—and that’s the one that gets my love.

4/30/17

Dead love won’t live again if I unearth it

So why, God, do I always think it’s worth it?

5/1/17

          Trump On His First 100 Days

“My enemies list what I haven’t done!

They’re just attacking me because I won!”

5/2/17

               Trump On The War

          Of Northern Aggression

“My mind’s no slave to orthodox fake-thought

When I ask why the Civil War was fought.”

5/3/17

              Trump On Democracy

“The law’s to blame when I look like a fool.

The Constitution is why I can’t rule.”

5/4/17

             Trump On The Media

“Reporters should be locked up in the clink!

Fake news won’t tell me that my shit don’t stink!”

5/5/17

       How The Republicans Stole Christmas

“Good will to men is left-wing, so we’ll Grinch it—

Then take each thing the black guy did and lynch it.”

5/6/17

The ones who try to find the time misuse it.

Only the ones who make the time won’t lose it.

5/7/17

Poison—knives—bullets—bombs—a subway shove—

Can’t kill like silence from someone you love.

5/8/17

When the rich cull the sick and poor, they’ll smirk

And say “It’s just Democracy at work.”

5/9/17

The more I clean out self-delusion’s shelf,

The more I will become known to myself.

5/10/17

One constant in all countries and all times:

The crook will knock off those who know his crimes.

5/11/17

                REPUBLICANS, n.

They’ll steal and lie for power’s fix like junkies,

And suck up to their Führer like good flunkies.

5/12/17

“My party first!” declares the Fascist Right.

“Unlike my country, it’s rich, male and white!”

5/13/17

Hearts that are doomed to make love to illusions

Come alive with the hot blood of delusions.

5/14/17

A small life works to prosper and to please;

A great life lives to make great memories.

5/15/17

                 Trump On Elections

“We’ll show the world a true democracy!

The only votes that count are votes for me!”

5/16/17

Honor and sympathy are what determine

Whether you’re good at heart or a good German.

5/17/17

Republicans who fawn and kiss the ass

Of tyranny should NEVER get a pass.

5/18/17

                   Dictatorship 101

Capitalism: buy the shit we sell you.

Transparency: believe each lie we tell you.

5/19/17

The motto of our democratic age:

The common man is wiser than the sage.

5/20/17

Fame’s lottery is crooked to the core—

The winners are the chumps who won before.

5/21/17

Life is a book. Its final word is “death.”

Life is a song. It opens with a breath.

5/22/17

The heartless will insist they have the feels

To make the gullible bark like trained seals.

5/23/17

The more my demons see the light of day,

The quicker they will shrink and fade away.

5/24/17

The good go down too soon, the evil thrive,

And Henry Kissinger is still alive. 

5/25/17

Whether they shun, ignore, dismiss, or drop you,

It's only failure when you let it stop you.

5/26/17

If I don't trust the critics when they haze me

Then why should I believe them when they praise me?

5/27/17

I'd rather live in solitary gloom

Than feel alone with someone in the room.

5/28/17

As precious as love is, nothing's more dear

Than friends who tell me what I need to hear.

5/29/17

Superiority comes from inside:

World leaders walk; royalty gets to ride.

5/30/17

       The All-Purpose Donald Trump Tweet

“The dumb mistakes I’ve made? The crimes I’ve done?

Fake news! Get over it! She lost! I won!”

5/31/17

The voters: outrage, demonstrations, pickets.

Republicans: the chirp of spineless crickets.

Copyright 2017 Matthew J Wells