<html>Into our town the Hangman came,
<iframe src="http://i.imgur.com/pyTAQDD.gifv" width="70%" height="900%"></iframe>
smelling of gold and blood and flame.
<img src="https://images.angelpub.com/2016/03/35690/trump-gold.jpg" width="100%" height="100%">
And he paced our bricks with a diffident air.
And built his frame on the courthouse square.
<img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/f3/dd/36/f3dd36e194583ecda59a2f5404652e81.jpg" width="100%" height="100%"></html>
[[Next|Stanza I.ii]]
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>The scaffold stood by the courthouse side,
only as wide as the door was wide;
<img src="https://assets.goodstatic.com/s3/magazine/assets/556523/original/Tower_1200.jpg=s1200x1200" width="100%" height="100%"></html>
a frame as tall, or little more,
than the capping sill of the courthouse door.
<img src="http://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/2000_1000/57420d061600006400f941e3.jpeg?cache=etfckntqmo" width="100%" height="100%">
[[Next|Stanza I.iii]]
[[Stop him|Vote]]
The Hangman
By Maurice Ogden
Meets the Trumpman
By America
[[Start|Stanza 1]]
<html>And we wondered, whenever we had the time,
who the criminal, what the crime,
that Hangman judged with the yellow twist
of knotted hemp in his busy fist.</html>
<img src="http://media.philly.com/images/800*533/1200+trump+making+fist.jpg" width="100%" height="100%">
[[Next|Stanza I.iv]]
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>And innocent though we were, with dread
we passed those eyes of buckshot lead;
till one cried: "Hangman, who is he
for whom you raise the gallows-tree."</html>
<img src="http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2015/12/11/ap_144785974576_wide-ea0dbe369760959e49d4307d2653b67454d9c72b-s900-c85.jpg" width="80%" height="80%">
[[Next|StanzaI.v]]
[[Stop him|Vote]]
Then a twinkle grew in the buckshot eye,
and he gave us a riddle instead of reply:
"He who serves me best," said he,
"Shall earn the rope on the gallows-tree."
<html><img src="http://c3.nrostatic.com/sites/default/files/styles/original_image_with_cropping/public/uploaded/donald-trump-supporters-personality-traits-b.jpg?itok=faOXGf3b" width="70%" height="70%"></html>
[[Next|Stanza I.vi]]
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>And he stepped down, and laid his hand
<img src="https://hips.hearstapps.com/cos.h-cdn.co/assets/16/23/1465246632-trump-racism-1.png"width="70%" height="70%">
on a man who came from another land
<img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0l8uZHEkvtw/maxresdefault.jpg" width="60%" height="60%">
and we breathed again, for another's grief
<img src="http://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes.com/files/styles/lg/public/2016/03/08/image-511281150.jpg" width="70%" height="70%">
at the Hangman's hand was our relief.
<img src="https://noharmspilt.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/trump-supporters.png"></html>
[[Next|Stanza I.vii]]
[[Stop him|Vote]]
And the gallows-frame on the courthouse lawn
by tomorrow's sun would be struck and gone.
<html><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FBusYfHVqOQ/hqdefault.jpg">
So we gave him way, and no one spoke,
out of respect for his hangman's cloak.
<html><img src="https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/newshour/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/RTX2D6QU-1024x683.jpg" width="70%" height="70%"></html>
[[Next|Stanza II.i]]
[[Stop him|Vote]]
The next day's sun looked mildly down
on roof and street in our quiet town
and, stark and black in the morning air,
the gallows-tree on the courthouse square.
<html><img src="http://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes.com/files/2015/12/11/trumptower.jpg" width="90%" height="90%"></html>
[[Next|Stanza II.ii]]
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>And the Hangman stood at his usual stand
<img src="http://www.yesimright.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/trumpspeech4_1.jpg">
with the yellow hemp in his busy hand;
<img src="http://media.extratv.com/2016/03/04/donald-trump-510x600.jpg">
with his buckshot eye and his jaw like a pike
<img src="http://d.christianpost.com/full/87442/img.jpg" width="80%" height="80%">
and his air so knowing and businesslike.
<img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3NWCSlQdGSo/maxresdefault.jpg" width="70%" height="70%">
[[Next|Stanza II.iii]]</html>
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html> And we cried: "Hangman, have you not done,
yesterday, with the alien one?"
<img src="http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2259869.1434476635!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_750/immigration-overload.jpg" width="90%" height="90%">
Then we fell silent, and stood amazed:
"Oh, not for him was the gallows raised."
<img src="http://media2.abc15.com/photo/2015/07/11/16x9/Mixed_reactions_to_Donald_Trump_s_speech_3167080000_21242262_ver1.0_640_480.jpg">
[[Next|Stanza II.iv]]</html>
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>He laughed a laugh as he looked at us:
"Did you think I'd gone to all this fuss
to hang one man? That's a thing I do
to stretch the rope when the rope is new."
<img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5d/09/f2/5d09f2aa6745166135107efbb7fe9410.jpg"><img src="http://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/__NEW/2015-09-30T23-50-16-066Z--1280x720.video_1067x600.jpg" width="100%" height="100%"></html>
[[Next|Stanza II.v]]
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>Then one cried, "Murderer!"
<img src="http://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/trump13.jpg?w=810">
One cried, "Shame!"
<img src="http://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes.com/files/2016/01/24/trumprally.jpg" width="100%" height="100%">
And into our midst the Hangman came
to that man's place. "Do you hold," said he,
"With him that was meant for the gallows-tree?"</html>
[[Next|Stanza II.vi]]
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>And he laid his hand on that one's arm,
<img src="http://image.vam.synacor.com.edgesuite.net/25/9a/259a4a52b1b3a6eac0208c4eb842e05727c56b22/h=300/?app=portal&sig=51bb5d0af651d7aec4a10085af72a45b1861319cd3f8649845ba7095250d4d73">
and we shrank back in quick alarm,
and we gave him way, and no one spoke
<img src="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/2zeksj/picture49606285/ALTERNATES/FREE_640/JibrilHough2">
out of fear of his hangman's cloak.</html>
<img src="http://www.eurweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Screen-Shot-2016-02-29-at-2.51.17-PM.jpg">
[[Next|Stanza II.vii]]
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>
That night we saw with dread surprise
<img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160828094251-mike-pence-tim-kaine-kkk-comments-repsonse-sotu-00002716-full-169.jpg" width="100%" height="100%">
the Hangman's scaffold had grown in size.
<img src="http://13458-presscdn-0-97.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/confederate-flag-trum.jpg" width="100%" height="100%">
<img src="http://i1.wp.com/www.zebrafactcheck.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LCarroll-on-MSNBC.png" width="100%" height="100%">
Fed by the blood beneath the chute
<img src="http://15130-presscdn-0-89.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/rope-tree-journalist-701x701.jpg" width="100%" height="100%">
the gallows-tree had taken root;
<img src="https://news-images.vice.com/images/articles/meta/2016/04/23/anti-racist-protesters-outnumbered-white-supremacists-10-to-1-at-a-racist-rally-in-georgia-1461447954.jpg?crop=1xw:0.43567251461988304xh;0xw,0.27485380116959063xh&resize=2000:*&output-format=image/jpeg&output-quality=75" width="100%" height="100%"><html>
[[Next|Stanza II.viii]]
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>Now as wide, or a little more,
than the steps that led to the courthouse door,
<img src="http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/uploader/image/2016/05/18/jonahgoldberg_trumpscotus.png">
as tall as the writing, or nearly as tall,
halfway up on the courthouse wall.
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Panorama_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_Building_at_Dusk.jpg" width="100%" height="100%"><html>
[[Next|Stanza III.i]]
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>The third he took — we had all heard tell
— was a usurer and infidel,
And: "What," said the Hangman, "have you to do
with the gallows-bound, and he a Jew?"
<img src="http://newobserveronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/JTA-Trump-1.jpg" width="100%"><p><img src="http://therealistreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Screenshot-18.png" width="100%"><p><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/naxfc_5Yu00/maxresdefault.jpg" width="100%"><html>
[[Next|Stanza III.ii]]
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>And we cried out: "Is this one he
who has served you well and faithfully?"
<img src="http://westernnews.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2016/10/04/trumpprotest4_t715.jpg?529764a1de2bdd0f74a9fb4f856b01a9d617b3e9" width="100%"height="100%">
The Hangman smiled: "It's a clever scheme
to try the strength of the gallows-beam."
<img src="http://cdn.inquisitr.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Donald-Trump-Rally-Live-Stream.jpg" width="100%"height="100%">
[[Next|StanzaIII.iii]]<html>
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>
The fourth man's dark, accusing song
had scratched out comfort hard and long
and "What concern," he gave us back,
"Have you for the doomed - the doomed and black?"
<img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OAxIoFPRtFE/hqdefault.jpg" width="100%" height="100%">
<img src="http://straightstoned.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/trump-1-565x300.jpg"width="100%" height="100%">
<img src="http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/michigan/files/201609/21113011-mmmain.jpg" width="100%" height="100%">
[[Next|StanzaIII.iv]]</html>
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>
The fifth.
<img src="http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/d44bf9ac740cfa2e4c015e985cf20e4ec8d6fdc9/r=540/http/videos.usatoday.net/Brightcove2/29906170001/2015/11/29906170001_4633072226001_thumb-newslook913257.jpg" width="100%" height="100%">
The sixth.
<img src="http://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/msnbc/components/video/201609/2016-09-28t00-35-40-133z--1280x720.nbcnews-ux-1080-600.jpg" width="100%" height="100%">
And we cried again:
<img src="http://i.imgur.com/FAdYYUM.png" width="100%" height="100%">
"Hangman, Hangman, is this the man?"
"It's a trick," he said, "that we hangmen know
for easing the trap when the trap springs slow."
<img src="https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/usa-election_trump9.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200" width="100%" height="100%">
[[Next|StanzaIII.v]]</html>
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>
And so we ceased, and asked no more,
as the Hangman tallied his bloody score;
<img src="http://newsbusters.org/s3/files/styles/blog_body-100/s3/images/trumphillarycontroversies.jpg?itok=YiTSsQw5" width="100%" height="100%">
and sun by sun, and night by night,
<img src="https://politicalruckus.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Cpdb7DaWIAAf4JO.jpg" width="100%" height="100%">
the gallows grew to monstrous height.
<img src="https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/trump-rally-north-carolina.jpg?w=640" width="100%" height="100%">
[[Next|StanzaIII.vi]]</html>
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>
The wings of the scaffold opened wide
till they covered the square from side to side;
<img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b0/6e/7e/b06e7e6a5af25f57079b1a557f206ed6.jpg" width="100%" height="100%">
and the monster cross-beam, looking down,
cast its shadow across the town.
<img src="https://img.apmcdn.org/2d8d6a502bc001134b67c4498f4d45a0ffd3fe4e/uncropped/76a46c-20161106-trumprally-ap09.jpg" width="100%" height="100%">
[[Next|StanzaIV.i]]</html>
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>Then through the town the Hangman came
and called in the empty streets my name –
<img src="https://www.sott.net/image/s15/305594/full/1035x715_R1256_FEA_GOP_C.jpg" width="100%" height="100%">
and I looked at the gallows soaring tall
and thought: "There is no one left at all
<img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT5mf3loU1skbPeWgZ7Ob7AScWMkjJ3vWAcb9-Qw7CM0JEv78d8jg" width="100%" height="100%">
[[Next|Stanza IV.ii]]</html>
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>
for hanging, and so he calls to me
to help pull down the gallows-tree."
And I went out with right good hope
to the Hangman's tree <html>
<img src="http://ashcroftformissouri.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Voting-Booth.jpg" width="100%" height="100%">
and the Hangman's rope.
<img src="http://images.dailykos.com/images/309070/story_image/GettyImages-612427152.jpg?1475898612" width="100%" height="100%">
[[Next|Stanza IV.iii]]
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>He smiled at me as I came down
to the courthouse square through the silent town,
and supple and stretched in his busy hand
was the yellow twist of the hempen strand.
<img src="http://www.investors.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/POLL-Trump-20-AP.jpg" width="100%" height="100%">
[[Next|Stanza IV.iv]]</html>
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>And he whistled his tune as he tried the trap
and it sprang down with a ready snap—
and then with a smile of awful command
he laid his hand upon my hand.
<img src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-56e47901/turbine/la-na-trump-rallies-20160312-001/550/550x309" width="100%" height="100%">
<html>
[[Next|Stanza IV.v]]
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>"You tricked me, Hangman!" I shouted then.
"That your scaffold was built for other men.
And I no henchman of yours," I cried,
"You lied to me, Hangman, foully lied!"
<img src="https://thelastofthemillenniums.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/trump-lies1.png" width="100%" height="100%">
</html>
[[Next|Stanza IV.vi]]
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>Then a twinkle grew in his buckshot eye:
<img src="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR4lbNWyHr8egKz2rvfyFMdAhmxCpgwiN1lN-oCfOR6Slbt4foEAw" width="100%" height="100%">
"Lied to you? Tricked you?" he said, "Not I.
For I answered straight and I told you true:
The scaffold was raised for none but you.
<img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/57431cad52bcd026008c4814-480/donald-trump.jpg" width="100%" height="100%"></html>
[[Next|Iv.vii]]
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>"For who has served me more faithfully
than you with your coward's hope?" said he,
"And where are the others that might have stood
side by your side in the common good?"
<img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/151223114048-donald-trump-muslim-ban-protest-super-169.jpg" width="100%" height-"100%">
<img src="http://d1jrw5jterzxwu.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/article_media/natives_against_trump.jpg" width="100%" height-"100%">
<img src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/Politics/GTY_trump_rally_protesters_02_jef_160314_4x3_992.jpg" width="100%" height-"100%">
<img src="http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/652*367/TrumpTucsonRally-AP_236761369495.jpg" width="100%" height-"100%">
<html>
<img src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/Politics/GTY_trump_rally_protesters_01_jef_160314_4x3_992.jpg" width="100%" height-"100%">
<img src="http://sfreporter.com/santafe/imgs/media.images/20866/2-Trump-Protest-before-rally-1.jpg" width="100%" height-"100%">
[[Next|Stanza Iv.viii]]
[[Stop him|Vote]]
<html>"Dead," I whispered; and amiably
"Murdered," the Hangman corrected me;
<img src="http://a57.foxnews.com/media2.foxnews.com/2016/01/25/780/438/012516_trump.jpg"width="100%" height="100%">
"First the alien, then the Jew...
<img src="http://static4.businessinsider.de/image/566789d6dd0895ba628b4683/daily-news-cover-shows-donald-trump-cutting-off-the-statue-of-libertys-head.jpg" width="100%" height="100%">
I did no more than you let me do."<html>
<img src="http://2zflh133zbp5116bt01wv589.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-republican-primary-results.png" width="100%" height="100%">
[[Next|IV.ix]]
[[Stop him|Vote]]
Beneath the beam that blocked the sky,
none had stood so alone as I –
and the Hangman strapped me, and no voice there
cried "Stay" for me in the empty square.
<img src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-56df1d33/turbine/ct-trump-wall-mexico-20160308-001/550/550x309">
[[Change this fate|Vote]]
To Vote:
<html><a href="https://nextgenclimate.org/vote/?noacq=true">Find your polling place.</a></html>
[[Go back|Start]]