Deadline Poet / August 12, 2025

Republicans Look to Rename the Kennedy Center Opera House After Melania Trump

—Headline, The New York Times

Calvin Trillin
Donald Trump and Melania Trump
President Donald Trump and Melania Trump walk on the White House lawn on December 23.(Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images)

The sycophant caucus is quick to encourage
Rebranding by Trump that’s been truly Homeric.
So sooner or later we may get to see
The Statue of Liberty newly named Eric.

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