From our entertainment editor, Qwerty Lee Dickinson:
| Valentine’s Day is coming soon, and romance is in the air! Join us on February 14 as we have been given exclusive rights this year to publish the Trump family’s Valentine cards. Pictured at the right: Trump-brand Valentine Heart Candies Also, the annual romance issue of the National Review will come out soon, and it includes two poems by Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson’s third cousin, twice removed –at her request). |  |
  | The magazine features a first look at Bill O’Reilly’s soon-to-be-published book What’s Love Got To Do With It, a fresh look at the sham romance of Donald Trump & Melania Knauss. In O’Reilly’s highly anticipated tome, Donald recounts how he first met the First Lady. “Melania was working the main pole at Volcanic Eruptions, a strip club in Manhattan, and when I saw her I moved on her like a bitch,” he laughed. “I grabbed her by the...well...you know where I grabbed her....and you think you’ve seen her squint? That night she made Mr. Magoo look like he had 20-20 vision.” Interviewed by the book’s author Bill O’Reilly — whom Trump calls his “Bill of Love” — Melania Trump laughed when O’Reilly asked if Trump were a romantic at heart. “Yeah, right,” she chuckled as she explained the various bonuses she earns for holding the president’s hand in public, giving public pecks on the cheek and more. O’Reilly asked both if they had a favorite love poem, and both cited poems by Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson’s third cousin, twice removed — at her request). Trump named “I do not care — why should I care” (below on the left). “It really summarizes how I feel,” he said. Dickinson’s poem also inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem with the same opening line (below on the right). |
| By Emmett Lee Dickinson: I do not care — why should I care She can’t suspect I’m caring Let’s put a fretting truth to sleep In harsh reality The error we will make Persistent as perdition Is easier to face With frank absurdity | By Emily Dickinson: I do not care – why should I care And yet I fear I’m caring To rock a fretting truth to sleep – Is short security The terror it will wake Persistent as perdition Is harder than to face The frank adversity – |
Melania identified Dickinson’s “A love devoid of depth and grace” (below on the left) as the poem that epitomizes her romance with the Donald. Dickinson’s poem also inspired third cousin Emily to write “A face devoid of love or grace” (below on the right).
| By Emmett Lee Dickinson: A love devoid of depth and grace A hateful, hard, neglectful love A love which is a stunt And feels as thoroughly a sham As were they both in on the scam Each time together thrown | By Emily Dickinson: A face devoid of love or grace, A hateful, hard, successful face, A face with which a stone Would feel as thoroughly at ease As were they old acquaintances – First time together thrown. |
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