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Friday, November 4, 2022

MMXXII or In a Future Dystopian "Amerika," a Senior Citizen Recalls the Former USA's 2022 Midterms (A L'il Limerick for 'Lection Day)

Two M's, two X's, two I's:
first election post MAGA's Big Lies.
I remember it well.
'Twas when states went to hell
as we learn'd how dictatoheads rise.
     Two M's, two X's, two I's,
nor did stuff like such guff cause surprise:
weeds of change long were sewn
and we all should have known
we'd need learn how democracy dies.

Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita Anagramaniacal Opening Lines

Lolita, light of my life...  ...might fail to yell "Foil!"...  ...or opt to yell "Epee!" -- she's just that unpredic...