Donald Trump Isn’t King; He’s the Borg Queen, by Chris Gaither | poems, essays, and short stories in Poeticous

Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Donald Trump Isn’t King; He’s the Borg Queen

Divided We Fall in Line

You can tell that

the far right Borg

and the far left Borg

are one Borg

because Donald Trump

has them both rowing

in exactly opposite directions

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