Anthony Cappo
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Dossier
 
            Three Poems
 
I.
 
sweetener      
         trusted compatriot   
 
                              sow discord   
            disunity          
 
                      embarrassing 
                                rumours
           
            targets                   
 
penetrated    
                                        cracked          
 
 
        *          *          *   
 
 
bogeyman      
 
                             deflect
 
          cauterize the subject            
           
 
      *          *          *
 
 
figures
           
        exploit the situation
 
reassure him             
                   cover up his corrupt tracks               
 
       he        who hated     
                              on a regular basis
 
 
 
II.
 
 
inimical           desire             
           confided
           
borne fruit     
                    obsessions     
 
                             defiling the bed         
            concealed
           
intentions
 
 
         *          *          * 
 
 
back door      
                  penetrating   
        favours           
indulging
 
        sex parties
 
injected
 
                       
       *          *          *
 
 
candidate
                   exposed
 
        sack     covering
 
                                     damaged
 
taken
 
 

 
III.
 
            Fallout           
           
everything      botched
 
            elephant in china shop
           
scared shitless
 
 
            *          *          *
 
 
Secret liaison             
          clean up mess
 
buyer’s remorse
                       
                      setting in
 
 
            *          *          *
 
 
coerced
                        disappear
 
                                   
            damage          
 
                        sweep it under the carpet
 
cover up
 
                                    his
 
secret
           
                        loyalty
 
 

SOURCE: US Presidential Election: Republican Candidate Donald Trump’s Activities in Russia and Compromising Relationship With the Kremlin, by Christopher Steele, former British MI6 agent




​Anthony Cappo is the author of the chapbook, My Bedside Radio (Deadly Chaps Press, 2016).  His poems have appeared in Prelude, Connotation Press – An Online Artifact, Stone Highway Review, Pine Hills Review, Yes Poetry, and other publications. Anthony received his M.F.A in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College.  He is originally from South Jersey, but now lives in New York City.  His work can be found at anthonycappo.com.




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