President-elect Donald Trump speaking at a rally in Manheim, Pennsylvania, during the campaign (AP Photo / John Locher)
If he can’t get the wherewithal To build at once his precious wall— A wall that’s thick, a wall that’s tall, The strongest, toughest wall of all— Then to the floor he’ll surely fall, And pound his little fists and bawl.
Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”