Poems of the Week

“a super bad picture”

by Bruce Bennett

Time’s cover, a shot from below,
Is one the Chief wants us to know
Is not to his liking,
Although it is striking
For what that odd angle can show

As sunlight plays tricks with his hair:
That one thing he simply can’t bear!
For him, worst of all,
His “crown” is so small
We won’t even know it is there.