melissa christine goodrum

structure inspired by the words of Martin Niemöller

There Can Be No First 100 Days

First he came for the elderly in Congress,
                                                    (because these voices disagree with his plan to rule a white rich-
                                                    only world)
Then he came for the lobbyists,
                                                    (because they speak out against his plan to rule a short-lived white &
                                                     rich-only world)
Then he came for the Environmentalists; calling them liars,
                                                    (because their claims halt the speed of oil distribution, fiduciary
                                                     inflation & spread information that goes against his plan to rule a
                                                     white rich-only world)
Then he came for those who build international partnerships,
                                                    (because they minimize & oppose his plan to rule a white & rich-
                                                    only world)
Then he came for the Chinese Government,
                                                    (because he enjoys insulting those who threaten his plan to rule a
                                                     white & rich-only world)
Then he came for the Native Americans’ sacred land; encouraging the Keystone Pipeline,
                                                    (because that’s what White Americans historically do when they
                                                     plan to rule a white & rich-only world)
Then he came for the UN climate change programs,
                                                    (because he doesn’t care how the world exists after he dies)
                                                    (because he doesn’t care how the world exists after he dies)
Then he came for the immigrants,
                                                    (because he wants to terrify the children of our cities, the future
                                                    rulers of this world—& those who threaten his Totalitarian plan to
                                                    rule a white & rich-only world)
Then he came for the Syrian Refugees
                                                    (because the Totalitarian ruler is afraid to fairly rule this world)
Then he came for the education budget
                                                    (because the Totalitarian ruler is afraid he will not be the only one
                                                    with a plan to rule a white & rich-only world)
Then he came for Obamacare
                                                    (because the Totalitarian ruler wants poor people to remain poor;
                                                    greasing the path for his plan to rule a white & rich-only world)
And finally, he came for his opponents in the swamps of Washington
                                                    (because they will attempt to block his Totalitarian Plan to rule a
                                                    white & rich-only world)

                                   It’s time for us to speak out.
                                   There can be no first 100 days.
                                   There can be no first 100 days.
                                   There can be no first 100 days.
                                   There can be no first 100 days.

At the end of her famous book Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, Hannah Arendt Wrote:
“As though you and your superiors had any right to determine who should and who should not inhabit the world—we find that no one, that is, no member of the human race, can be expected to want to share the earth with you.”







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The Leader Principle


I could stand
in the middle of 5th Avenue
and shoot somebody
and I wouldn't lose voters[1]
interpret it                              
was it a ghost that said it?
Or Trump Himself (for like
our Saviour) Trump is filled with
air & Trump aggressions;                    
We will be a country
of generosity and warmth…
We cannot afford
to be so politically
correct anymore.[2]
This is improper
and insignificant[3].                    
How did we come 

to translate spirits          

by the word or ghosts,             
which signifieth nothing,
neither in heaven nor in earth,
but are the imaginary inhabitants                
of a man’s brain.
Nearly [insert some randomly attained number] illegal immigrants
with criminal records,
ordered deported…,
are tonight roaming
free to threaten
peaceful citizens.[4]
I examine not:
this but I say, the word            
spirit           in the text
They are being released
signifieth no such thing;
but either properly
or a real
They are being released
substance or, metaphorically,   
some extraordinary ability
They are being released
or affection of the mind
or of the body.
They are being released
by the tens of thousands
 into our communities
with no regard for the impact
on public safety or resources.[5]


The Disciples of Trump,
see him walking upon the sea
see him parting the dreaded sea
& suppose him to be a spirit,
meaning an aerial
body, and not a phantasm:
for it is said they all saw
Him promise to deliver
that which cannot be
I have a message for all of you:
the crime and violence
that today afflicts our nation
will soon come to an end.
Beginning on January 20th 2017,
safety will be restored.[6]
Oh, ye…the delusions of the brain
(which are not common
to many at once & as visible bodies
are; but singular,
because of the differences
of fancies), but of the bodies

Trump, he was taken for a spirit,
by the same Apostles
also while St. Peter was delivered
out of prison,
the crime and violence
that today afflicts our nation
it would not be believed;
when the maid bowed & said
he was at the door,
the crime and violence
that today afflicts our nation
they said it was his angel;
a corporeal substance,
or the disciples
who do follow the common opinion
I could stand
in the middle of 5th Avenue
and shoot somebody
and I wouldn't lose voters[7]
some such apparitions
are not imaginary,
but real; and such as bred
for the fancy of man
I could stand
in the middle of 5th Avenue
and shoot somebody
and I wouldn't lose voters[8]

for their existence: these
called spirits and angels,
good or bad; are all called the same
by the name of demons.
I could stand
in the middle of 5th Avenue
and shoot somebody
and I wouldn't lose voters[9]

While some such apparitions

may be real and substantial;
death, destruction and weakness[10]
that is to say, subtle bodies,
which Trump can form
death, destruction and weakness[11]
He forms all things,
and makes use of ministers
as messengers—
angels—to declare His will,
death, destruction and weakness[12]
and executes
death, destruction and weakness[13]
when He pleaseth
in an extraordinary & supernatural manner.

He hath so formed substances,
endued with dimensions,
& moved from place to place,
(This is peculiar to bodies)
and therefore these are not ghosts
death, destruction and weakness[14]
not ghosts incorporeal,
death, destruction and weakness[15]
ghosts in no place;
ghost are nowhere;
ghosts are everywhere;
death, destruction and weakness[16]
seeming to be somewhat,
but are nothing.

If corporeal can be taken
in the most vulgar manner,
death, destruction and weakness[17]
for such substances
are perceptible
via external senses; then
is substance incorporeal a thing of
death, destruction and weakness[18]
not imaginary, but real;
death, destruction and weakness[19]
namely, a thin substance
which is not invisible,
& hath dimensions
in grosser bodies.
I have a message for all of you:
the crime and violence
that today afflicts our nation
will soon stand
in the middle of 5th Avenue
and shoot somebody.







[1] http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/23/politics/donald-trump-shoot-somebody-support/
[3] All non-Trump texts adapted from: Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). 11/27/2016. 
[7] http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/23/politics/donald-trump-shoot-somebody-support/
[8] http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/23/politics/donald-trump-shoot-somebody-support/
[9] http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/23/politics/donald-trump-shoot-somebody-support/
[10] http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/full-transcript-donald-trump-nomination-acceptance-speech-at-rnc-225974
[11] http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/full-transcript-donald-trump-nomination-acceptance-speech-at-rnc-225974
[12] http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/full-transcript-donald-trump-nomination-acceptance-speech-at-rnc-225974
[13] http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/full-transcript-donald-trump-nomination-acceptance-speech-at-rnc-225974
[14] http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/full-transcript-donald-trump-nomination-acceptance-speech-at-rnc-225974
[15] http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/full-transcript-donald-trump-nomination-acceptance-speech-at-rnc-225974
[16] http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/full-transcript-donald-trump-nomination-acceptance-speech-at-rnc-225974
[17] http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/full-transcript-donald-trump-nomination-acceptance-speech-at-rnc-225974
[18] http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/full-transcript-donald-trump-nomination-acceptance-speech-at-rnc-225974
[19] http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/full-transcript-donald-trump-nomination-acceptance-speech-at-rnc-225974


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