Chaos in the Mall

The president of the so-called free world

is throwing fire crackers round the shopping mall

like a toddler in a temper tantrum who has somehow

got his hands on a gun.

Screams echo round the shops and corridors

people cower behind their shopping trolleys

“Muslims! Mexicans! Terrorists!”

shouts the president of the so-called free world.

I creep up behind him, pushing my trolley

that is laden with hummus and tacos.

I try to calm him down

but he throws a firecracker in my face.

And then I wake. 

 

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To my readers in the USA, if you haven't voted early, please vote today. It's not my election, but this one, more than ever matters to the whole world.