Why do we always allow him to trump
Every hand we play to try to dump Trump?
Just when it seemed as though his showbiz days
Were about over, now in a slump, Trump
Pisses off the famous entertainers
Who refuse to play unless they dump Trump,
Thus ceding the spotlight, giving away
The attention he craves. Like or lump Trump,
He doesn’t care what anyone else thinks,
As long as critics manage to bump Trump
To the top of the headlines every day.
For making the news, no one can stump Trump.
So now I, Marco, beseech the man to
Stop letting me act like a dumb chump. Trump
Should pay me for getting his name in print
Like he wanted. So don’t be a grump, Trump,
If you won’t pay up then please dress me down.
Make me known with a kick in the rump, Trump.
Poet’s note: For better or worse, some celebrities made headlines by performing for the Crown Prince in Riyadh. Others now get in the news for refusing to play for the president of the United States. If Dissident Voice helps disseminate this ghazal, it might piss off Trump and make me the famous Katz Montiel. “Trump to headline 250th anniversary celebration on National Mall after several artists back out” by Beatrice Peterson and Isabella Murray, ABC News, 30 May 2026.