Today's Presidential Get Well Card Poem by Susan Williams

Today's Presidential Get Well Card

Rating: 5.0


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I realize the owner of this house
has been ill...
but you really do need
to get some books on the shelves..
some paintings on the wall...
some nice comfortable reading chairs
and sleeping sofas...
and maybe a wine cellar...
a table or desk or two...
but the window seats are comfortable...
and the view is terrific.
Get thou better...
Get thou off that ventilator...
Get back to work, John Q. Public
Then we can throw a party...
Get the whole gang together...
Get the Petulant Child's Ego happy again.
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~~~~~~~~~~©2020 susan williams

Saturday, May 30, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: greed,inhumanity,political
COMMENTS OF THE POEM

A brilliant and vivid depiction of a person who is excessively concerned with physical comforts and material possessions. I like how this poem has been crafted. There is a tinge of sharpness/ incisiveness. but it was done in a clever and skillful way. Onto my Poem List.

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Susan Williams 04 June 2020

Thank you for delving deep into this piece- you are without a doubt PH's best reader. I always look forward to your instructive comments- -they always tell me whether I hit the mark or not! Thank you for fav-ing this one

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Tom Allport 31 May 2020

A sad reality greed comes first and the rest will not get peace? ...well penned

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Susan Williams 04 June 2020

Hey, Tom! Greed is behind America's wheel, we passengers best be looking for a new driver with a heart

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Captain Cur 22 December 2020

Right on the mark Susan, although what I dont understand is in spite of the incompetence and total lack of compassion 70 million people still voted for the petulant child a second time. I guess over 300,000 dead Americans is a small price to pay to keep the economy afloat even though the entire ship is sinking. If I ran my ship the way he ran the country, well mutiny would be afoot.

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Susan Williams 26 August 2020

I Thank you, Edward, for reading my sarcasm and commenting politely on it!

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Edward Kofi Louis 23 August 2020

Illness! ! Muse of the situation at hand. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Kevin Patrick 09 June 2020

I like to think I haven't missed the mark on this one Susan! . The dark sarcasm is not lost, I find it insane that we are in the middle of a pandemic but people are worried more about going to malls or shopping and our leaders are more worried about the economic engine then their own peoples lives! . But hey lets carry on as normal, while people die needlessly.

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Susan Williams 11 June 2020

Oh, good, Kevin! ! ! I am so pleased you followed me through this one- -sometimes I think I'm clear but when I reread a week or too later I wonder if I was as clear as mud! The Petulant Child wants us to risk our lives going to the stores and buying stuff so the economy {rich people} gets healthy.

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Susan Williams 07 June 2020

APOLOGY TO THE READERS OF THIS POEM. I am sorry. I was a bit too sneaky! This is a Get Well card to the American people in the grip of a pandemic and racial persecution from a self-centered ego-maniac who is more interested in wealth and notoriety than the health of our country. My pet name for him is Petulant Child. I missed the boat by getting too cute in this poem. I might try to write this one again.

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