[Project 2025] a tanka cluster

 before 

running night audit

reading 

the first few pages of 

"Project 2025" 

appalled—

how 'they' despise 

any and everyone 

that does not fit 

into their narrowness 

slightly sleepy 

can't help but think 

of a dystopian world

Orwell's '1984' 

a looming reality 

dozing off a bit 

I am Guy Montag

of 'Fahrenheit 451' 

warmed by burning books 

burning ideas 

in their world 

there ain't no difference

there ain't on diversity...

everyone

becomes tragically same 

dusting off 

my passport...

commiserating 

with myself over 

becoming expatriate 

to leave America

while its still possible...

somehow 

i can't help but think of 

Margaret Atwood 

our pain festoons

a room 

in the house of America...

O how we despise 

what you've become

on a painted face

long jagged smile 

of Trump...

leaving the wash where it is 

so i can go off and cry 

these days 

i find no reason 

to laugh...

a young child will be 

born into this madness