the political coffee clutch

it's a political

discussion at the coffee shop.

it started off

with the weather

and sports,

what sale was on at

the local

stores.

children and grandchildren.

vacations.

and then it turned

to Trump

and all hell broke loose.

so you want

criminals not to be deported,

but put into nice hotels

in New York.

you want the wars to go on.

you want to rewrite the English

language

with a new

set of pronouns.

you want boys

in girls' sports,

children to have

their body parts cut off.

you support terrorists

still holding

hostages?

you want an open border

and red dye number

four in all your food?

you don't mind all the waste,

abuse and fraud?

you don't want workers to

go back to work?

and now you hate electric

cars?

what about the climate change

and the melting

icebergs?

punches where thrown,

wigs fell off,

dentures

were loosened and

wheelchairs tipped

over

until a barista from Mozambique

came out

with a hose

to break it all up.