by Dan Campion

“Trump ambushes South Africa’s president with false claims of ‘white genocide’”
—NPR

The “Oval Office”? Try “Dry-Gulch,”
Where foreign heads of state
Get waylaid, trust is churned to mulch,
And truth has little weight.
Were I a prince, I wouldn’t go.
Of course the question’s moot.
Each leader now is in the know:
They’re asked to lick a boot.