Poems of the Week

Great Expectations

by Steven Kent

“[Chief Justice] John Roberts Is on a Collision Course With Trump”
The New York Times

I rue the day we heard the case (I didn’t have to choose it).
In retrospect, we built a bomb, and now I can’t defuse it.
Alito led the way and swore that Trump would not abuse it—
We gave him kinglike power, yes, but never dreamed he’d use it!