And Jesus Wept

Six Tercets and Five Chained Hay(na)ku’s

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And Jesus Wept — Part 1

Unrestrained
sexual passions
foisted on women

And Jesus Wept — Part 2

Lives
lavish lifestyle
while cheating creditors

And Jesus Wept — Part 3

Dissembling
about tax
returns under audit

And Jesus Wept — Part 4

Created
conspiracy theories
about his opponents

And Jesus Wept — Part 5

Empty
campaign promises
never intended keeping

And Jesus Wept — Part 6, a chained Hay(na)ku

Denigrates
immigrants placing
them in cages

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There
are sixty
thousand plus caged

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Children
ripped from
their mother’s arms