Foot Soldier

From our current affairs editor Lemuel Stuart III:

Donald Trump was able to lead today's Memorial Day Parade in Washington, DC, thanks to the launch of the Trump-Brand Bone Spurs Mobility Unit.

Below:  Trump rides in the 2019 Memorial Day Parade in Washington in his new Trump-Brand Bone Spur Mobility Unit, the BS-2020 model.
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Below:  Trump's doctor, Sean P. Conley of the US Navy, advised against Trump participating in the parade unless the Trump-Brand BS-2020 Bone Spur Mobility Unit would be ready for the President to ride:

The pain of Donald Trump's bone spurs is real, and such pain was accurately described in Emmett Lee Dickinson's poem "No Rack can torture me" (below on the left).   Dickinson's poem inspired third-cousin Emily to pen her poem with the same opening line (below on the right).  

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:
 
No Rack can torture me –
My Foot – a Saboteur  –
Beneath its mortal Bone
There sits a bitter Spur –
 
One cannot slice with saw –
Nor prune with Scimitar
My Bone Spurs – therefore be –
My Gloom – My Misery –
 
The Eagle from his Nest
No easier divest –
And gain the Sky
Than mayest I –
 
Except My Foot may be
Mine Enemy –
Captivity and Confinement –
My Destiny
 

By Emily Dickinson:
 
No Rack can torture me –
My Soul – at Liberty –
Behind this mortal Bone
There knits a bolder One –

You cannot prick with saw –
Nor pierce with Scimitar –
Two Bodies – therefore be –
Bind One – The Other fly –

The Eagle of his Nest
No easier divest –
And gain the Sky
Than mayest Thou –

Except Thyself may be
Thine Enemy –
Captivity is Consciousness –
So's Liberty

For more on the president's bone spurs, click HERE. HERE, and HERE.