donald’s trumpet - Vilma Olsvary Ginzberg

[Larry Robinson]

donald’s trumpet


donald’s trumpet
blares itself into
the peaceful dawn
shattering the coming light
into shards of shadow

bends the truth of trees
until they
abandon their nature
and wish they were
bushes

birds
leave behind
their co-opted tweets and twitters
and sway dumb
above the dark swamps

children and dogs
turn the other way

the deaf tell us
donald’s trumpet
is making
patriotic
music

	- Vilma Olsvary Ginzberg