a xenophobic cancer

far more than isolationist

or even mere racism

a virulent strain of poison

exposed in the body politic

a heavy-handed stirring

of the divisions of our nation

a xenophobic cancer being fed

being nurtured in the maelstrom

the time of reckoning will come

when the monster has reached full flower

the reaping of the whirlwind

fed in the vitriol, their language

written on the ether,

floating in the air

edited/new name December 12, 2015

He is a barker, a carnie

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/he-is-barker-carnie.html

edited December 12, 2015

a demagogue and a bully – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-demagogue-and-bully-v3.html

(merging edits to original and version 2)

Edited/new name December 10, 2015

a barker, a carnie

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-carnie.html

edited December 9, 2015

a clear and present danger – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-clear-and-present-danger-v4.html

(editing version 3)

edited December 9, 2015

a demagogue and a bully – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-demagogue-and-bully-v2.html

edited December 9, 2015

a xenophobic cancer – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-xenophobic-cancer-v3.html

edited December 9, 2015

a barker at the carnie – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-at-carnie-v3.html

edited December 9, 2015

a barker at the carnie – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-at-carnie-v2.html

December 9, 2015

a barker at the carnie

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-at-carnie.html

edited December 9, 2015

a xenophobic cancer – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-xenophobic-cancer-v2.html

edited December 2, 2015

a clear and present danger – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-clear-and-present-danger-v3.html

(editing version 2)

November 25, 2015

a xenophobic cancer

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-xenophobic-cancer.html

November 25, 2015

a demagogue and a bully

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-demagogue-and-bully.html

edited November 25, 2015

A clear and present danger – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-clear-and-present-danger-v2.html

November 25, 2015

A clear and present danger

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-clear-and-present-danger.html

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