one says
“without me, you’d have lost.”
the other says
“epstein files, bro.”
and just like that
two assholes
who once held hands
under a flag made of stock options
start hurling
vape clouds and NDAs
at each other.

“i made you,”
says the spaceman
eating bugs in his bunker
full of X-branded caffeine
and child custody lawsuits.

“you begged me,”
says the orangeman,
spraying bronzer on the remnants
of a busted NDA.

the internet lights up
like a sex scandal
at a church fundraiser.
“RELEASE THE FILES,”
someone tweets
in all caps
from a tesla
parked illegally
at mar-a-lago.

the truth?
no one cares.
they just want blood
and a coupon code.

in the end
neither of them dies,
neither of them learns,
and both
somehow
get richer.

america, baby.
we don’t do justice.
we do sequels.

Image credit:Open Arts Forum
Lance Watson

Lance Watson splits his time between the United States and the Netherlands, writing poetry and prose based on his observations and general level of indigestion. See him on Substack: https://thelancewatson.substack.com/