Poems of the Week

Tariff Riff

by Alex Steelsmith

“[T]ariffs could be good for some countries…”
BBC

“[T]ariff threats generate ‘fear…’”
CBC

Claims have been made, though they’re not scientific,
that tariffs can make you feel simply tariffic.
Other assertions, which haven’t been verified,
caution that tariffs can make you feel tariffied.