MARK CONNERY (Toronto)

Yes, we can't

One or two or three nations of morons, maybe dozens

United under a

Flag barred from fire and a fire not to be put out —

Underneath the new broad circus tent of protection, predation,
                 masochism and an unreflective

Cerebral sadism, a train off the rails, no emergency brake or room for

Kanye to breathe enough – an eerie

Insulin shock brought by a sound and fury signifying

Nothing; It's not really all that welcome or

Good but please

Donald, we won't ask and won't tell

It's a time for silence and acquired tastes beaten down by

Cults in pizza shops that are more real than climate change and

Knightly manners may be a little berserk, you've great gladiators!

With a fine new emperor in the command of their storms

A new day begins for

Death from below