The chaos king

by Phyllis Wax / September 20th, 2026

The chaos king
is not constrained by truth.
He “supposes” and implies.
Mostly he downright lies.

He loosens his mind
in weekend sprees of juvenile
fantasies—claims Greenland, Iceland, Canada
as US territory, pictures himself endowed
like Hulk Hogan, attacks Mark Carney with a hockey stick,
walks the ballroom with George Washington.

Unhinged, some whisper,
but where’s the adult brave enough
to say out loud
the emperor has no clothes?

Phyllis Wax is a Milwaukee poet. Among the journals in which her work has appeared are Gyroscope Review, Writers Resist, Jerry Jazz Musician, Rise Up Review, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, Wordpeace, New Verse News, Naugatuck River Review. Read other articles by Phyllis.

This article was posted on Sunday, September 20th, 2026 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.