By Clay Thistleton
The Trump Administration is Coronalusional
an index case of Miley Cyrus
with a wrecking ball fomite as a seeding event
by a serological survey of the Zoom mullet
and the proning of Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
the Trump administration is coronalusional
by a genomic sequencing of ugg boot foot
with the flatline of contagion chivalry
at a death panel in the locktail hour
the tears of a planet drawn into dark stars
“The Morrison Government is Pre-palliative”
in memory of ‘Gus’ Ridley (1954-2020)
the essential business of the jigsaw puzzlers
in the footballers’ hub with emotional distancing
the WAGs pivot roadmaps toward quarantinis
by the immunity passports of the Ruby Princess
the Morrison government is pre-palliative
by the co-morbidities of the COVIDSafe app
in the chains of transmission at the QAnon protests
the anti-vaxxers in resplendent tin hats
have stray foils flutter skyward like prayers
“The Trump Administration is Immuno-Suppressed”
couple-spreading by the cleanliness theatre
in a wished for snap back of the shamdemic maskless
#coronaclickbait with a full viral load
by the elbumps of the disaster altruists
the Trump administration is immuno-suppressed
by the isobaking of the quaranqueens
the videofurbishing of the productivity ninjas
and the curtain twitching of the ronadobbers
the tears of the weeping are collected in clouds
Clay Thistleton is the author of Noisesome Ghosts. Along with his son Dylan, he lives in New South Wales, Australia with a fluctuating number of feral cats.
I love the play with words and language and the fantastical images in these. Thank you for writing!