I read a book by
a Serbian revolutionary
sharing his experience
of nonviolent action
to bring down dictators
and even military juntas
his greatest tool – laughter
poking fun utterly defeats them
imagine trumpety-Trump
the big, inflated, orange baby
wouldn’t he just hate it…
© Andrew Wilson, 2024
Over at dVerse Poets Pub, Mish in Poetics invites us to write about laughter and since I have little time before work, and as I am getting into the whole Quadrille thing, I have written something in just 44 words.
As a child, one of our favourite records to come on the radio, because it inexorably activated our audio mirror brain cells and had us giddily joining in – I give you “The Laughing Policeman” by Charles Jolly/Penrose…
Oh, and the book – Blueprint for Revolution, by Srdja Popovic
I love this! Seems to me, from here in Australia, that most of the world were laughing at even the idea Trump might become President the first time around, let alone actually get elected. The idea that he could get a second go is an ongoing joke to the rest of the world because if we weren’t laughing we would be crying. How low can the American electoral system go? I hope more people in America are finally waking up to the fact that he is a laughable choice of President and deserves nothing more than to be laughed at. From here it is beginning to seem that way – and he sure does seem to be hating it. So I say, America laugh him off!
Let’s hope so Sean, because if he does get in, it’ll be no laughing matter – for the whole world…
The problem is that Trump’s own follower still laughs with him at his so called “jokes”.
He would lose his mind.. hahaha.
I wish we could laugh him away.
I wish so too, Mish…
How can they not see that truly, he despises them…
I cannot stand the man and more so with his blind followers. I hope Trump will not be reelected to office; shame on those maga voters.
If he is, we’re all in trouble, Grace…
He definitely would haha 😉 brilliant write, Andrew 💙💙
Thanks, Sanaa 😅
Hi Andrew, this is such a clever poem. Well done.
Thanks Robbie – since my working week is over I can catch up with visiting everyone else’s later today…
Ah, the power of laughter eh? I like the jibe at trump too, his personality type would resent it I’m sure.
Hard to keep the Orange Baby out of anything these days, Paul, be glad when we know one way or another – i see another assassination attempt has failed to day – you just can’t get the staff…