The Poser Poet

As I read through the NY Times article posted on Twitter about Fiona Apple's "ten word chant," which she created for the women who'll be marching in D.C. in protest of DJT, I came across an apparent Juggalo poet (remember, my definition of Juggalo refers to the political Insane Clown Posse). The poet-juggalo's name is Joseph Charles McKenzie and the article included an "in part" version of the poem he wrote in support of the PE. According to the article "the poet wrote a poem praising the PE and his Scottish heritage. The poem refers to Mr. Trump as 'the Domhall,' the Scottish form of his first name."

What "The New York Times" printed for that partial poem was as follows:

"When crippling corruption polluted our nation
And plunged our economy into stagnation
As self-righteous rogues took the opulent office
And plump politicians reneged on their promise
The forgotten continued to form a great crowd
That defended the Domhall, the best of McLeod!"

That (sell-out) poet and the printed portion of his poem is the reason for this (my) latest, in what will certainly be a very long stream, of rants with the incoming president. Yes, I referred to McKenzie as a sell-out. Why? Because artists, in general, are liberal for many reasons. One of the reasons being that 99% of them have endured many, painful struggles. I'm sure everyone's familiar with the term "starving artist," right? Well, it's because nearly all artists have know real poverty while in pursuit of their dreams. In the case of poets, especially, most live out their entire lives with little to no financial success or even any real notoriety. 

That's why nearly all artist (those who've achieved success and those who died without any success both) support the Democratic party, which is the party whose fundamental ideas involve social policies and programs that help the poor, sick, disabled, disenfranchised, women's rights and all others that republicans continually defund or try to eliminate.

So, yeah, if he supports Trump he's either not a real poet or he's not very studious. Either way, and even if I didn't despise Trump, I don't see anything exceptional about that poem (even if it is only a portion of the actual poem). I make that statement fully aware that I have written and posted more than my fair share of "shit work." It's because I'm aware of my own ability that gives me a feeling, nay, a knowing that I'm not out of line with my opinion.