A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
said simply that the lights went out,
all went dark in our country’s house.
The temporary Commander-in-Chief
is MIA, in a White House bunker to
protect himself from the potential ass-
ault of the mostly, peaceful protesters
across the street in the springtime park
with all the beautiful, fragrant flowers.
A TV reporter on the scene said that
in a certain respect, the temporary
Occupant is now irrelevant. A portrait
in courage — not.