Chad Parenteau
Two Timely Tankas from the Resistance, Reel 3
Whistleblower Jesus Tanka, Take Two
The GOP says
If Whistleblower Jesus
gives us a body
is it really a body?
Please, just bring us his body!
Roger Stone Jesus Tanks
Roger Stone Jesus
tells Judas You are a rat
prepare to die. And
Judas sadly says goodbye.
He hates to see the guy go.
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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