Ferlinghetti's prescient poem, "Pity the Nation," describes actual SOTU, 2020

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/02/03/ferlinghettis-prescient-poem.html

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At age 100 he’s seen this all before. A shame that there are fewer and fewer voices from that time to set us straight as the fascists start oozing their way into power again.

By the way, he wrote this in 2007.

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Not a word of hyperbole here.

Again, RIP “The American century” 1917-2017

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And acclaim the bully as hero

The USA has had an ongoing issue with that one for some time now.

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Old Larry looks like Poopdeck Pappy.

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