A Very Bad Smell Indeed

[Like vanishing dew,

a passing apparition

or the sudden flash

of lightning – already gone –

thus should one regard oneself]

        Ikkyu Sojun, C14th/15th

Like vanishing joy,

a  passing aberration

or the midden flush

of sewage –  all raw and  foul –

thus should one regard the Trump.

                                         Any reasonable person (2016)