by Chris O’Carroll

“Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago private club in Palm Beach is set to raise its initiation fee
from $700,000 to a staggering $1 million.”
—The Independent

Pay a million to join Mar-a-Lago.
Ante up. Be elite. Have it all—
The palm trees, the nearby Atlantic,
The felon’s face gracing the wall.

For those who are courting his favor,
This fee is one way to begin.
Hand over a million. The felon
Will happily welcome you in.

You know how corruption defines him
And his every unscrupulous knack.
He’ll lower your taxes by zillions.
Right now, kick a piece of it back.

Fatten the purse of the felon
For judgments he might have to pay.
A million plus Florida sunshine
Has fascism looking OK.