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Butterfly or Blowhard?

just stfu

By Cathy holmesPublished about a year ago β€’ 1 min read
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When a moron flap his lips

somewhere down

in south Florida,

a storm brews

high in the Arctic.

A northern nation

breathes a sigh of disbelief

and emits a chuckle of incredulity,

as it's citizens stand together

with a universally

recognizable response.

Dear American friends, please rein in your demented tangerine.

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Cathy holmes

Canadian family girl with a recently discovered love for writing. Other loves include animals and sports.

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  • Sara Wynn12 months ago

    Thanks for this!!! It's so good, but it hurts. Ha

  • L.C. SchΓ€fer12 months ago

    I love this, so clever 😁

  • Legit choked on a bagel. Brilliant!

  • Ruth Stewartabout a year ago

    I love the descriptive "demented tangerine"! Excellent piece, well written, and it echoes many people's feelings, I'm sure.

  • C. Rommial Butlerabout a year ago

    Well-wrought! Great take on "The Butterfly Effect"! As for the demented tangerine, I am no fan at all, and could never vote for such, but we shouldn't take responsibility away from the party who continually--and conspicuously--nominated the absolute worst candidates to run against him when they had tons of better options. This is the inevitable result of politricks on a wider scale. A symptom, if you ken, of a greater disease run rampant. I've watched it unfold in real time over forty-six years and taken the time to understand the underlying dynamics going back centuries. If only it were a single moron...

  • HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! 🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣

  • Lilly Cooperabout a year ago

    πŸ˜† what can I say when an emoji says it all?

  • Rachel Deemingabout a year ago

    The Tangerine Tyrant. That picture of the flag? So funny!

  • Colleen Millsteed about a year ago

    OMG that picture sums it all up my friend. I’m not sure what’s going on with these loose lips but you’ve put your view across perfectly 🀣🀣🀣

  • Judey Kalchik about a year ago

    Oh honey- you know I voted for her not him. This is horrible

  • Grz Colmabout a year ago

    I’m Aussie so I’m not sure what exactly was said!

  • Caroline Cravenabout a year ago

    And this is BEFORE the inauguration?!?! This was fab. Well done!

  • Kendall Defoe about a year ago

    You make a fellow Canadian proud! πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ 🍁

  • John Coxabout a year ago

    In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Little help from our sighted friends north of the border? And he’s not even in charge yet!

  • Heather Hublerabout a year ago

    Spot on!!! hahahaha

  • Tiffany Gordonabout a year ago

    LOL! Get it Cathy! πŸ’ͺ🏾✊🏾😁

  • L.I.Eabout a year ago

    Dang haha πŸ˜‚ nice poem . Wait β€œdemented tangerine” that's crazy πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜­πŸ˜­

  • Babs Iversonabout a year ago

    Haha!!!β€οΈβ€οΈπŸ’•

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