Chad Parenteau
Two Timely Tankas from the Resistance
Tomi Lahren Jesus Tanka
On All Hollow’s Eve
Tomi Lahren Jesus had
assumed the disguise
of her pagan pagan’s icon.
Her Twitter effigy burns.
Tim Morrison Jesus Tanka
Post-inquisition
Tim Morrison Jesus mis-
takes immolation
as witch hunt fire instead
of the devil’s gratitude.
Chad Parenteau is the author of Patron Emeritus (FootHills Publishing, 2013). His work has appeared in Tell-Tale Inklings, Queen Mob’s Tea House, The Skinny Poetry Journal, Ibbetson Street, and Wilderness House Literary Review. He serves as associate editor of Oddball Magazine. His second full-length collection, The Collapsed Bookshelf, is forthcoming.
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