From our political correspondent, Dorothy "Lottie" Dawe:
When all the votes were counted this week and Donald Trump won the keys to the White House, there were many shocked and saddened people! Not everyone was devastated though. Some were elated. David Duke. Julian Assange. Vladimir Putin. ISIS. Neo-Nazis. The Alt-Right. That dude from Breitbart. White Supremacists. The KKK (as a matter of fact, the KKK is planning a victory parade in North Carolina this weekend), and the manufacturers of 100% white cotton sheets.
We don't think Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request) would have been very excited about the prospect of a Trump presidency. We found a poem by Dickinson from the late-1800s that seems to describe Mr. Trump to a T. Dickinson's poem "The Rat has the concisest Tenet" (below on the left) later inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "The Rat is the concisest Tenant" (below on the right).
When all the votes were counted this week and Donald Trump won the keys to the White House, there were many shocked and saddened people! Not everyone was devastated though. Some were elated. David Duke. Julian Assange. Vladimir Putin. ISIS. Neo-Nazis. The Alt-Right. That dude from Breitbart. White Supremacists. The KKK (as a matter of fact, the KKK is planning a victory parade in North Carolina this weekend), and the manufacturers of 100% white cotton sheets.
We don't think Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request) would have been very excited about the prospect of a Trump presidency. We found a poem by Dickinson from the late-1800s that seems to describe Mr. Trump to a T. Dickinson's poem "The Rat has the concisest Tenet" (below on the left) later inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "The Rat is the concisest Tenant" (below on the right).
| By Emmett Lee Dickinson: The Rat has the concisest Tenet: He pays no Tax. Repudiates the Obligation – And Schemes intent Blocking our Wit With snow and circumvent Hate is his charm A Foe as President – No Physic can prohibit his – Awful disequilibrium. | By Emily Dickinson: The Rat is the concisest Tenant. He pays no Rent. Repudiates the Obligation – On Schemes intent Balking our Wit To sound or circumvent – Hate cannot harm A Foe so reticent – Neither Decree prohibit him – Lawful as Equilibrium. |
Below: Some of the Trump-happy souls: David Duke; Julian Assange; Confederate flag fliers; the KKK.
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