Democracy Day

 

After thrilling a sparse crowd with disco mega-hits, Trump flew off in a plane blasting "I did it my way", the cremation conveyor belt anthem for every awful pub character. He's off to skulk in Florida until he's arrested. Before he left he executed a load of people on death row just because he could - apparently 400,000 Covid mortalities wasn't enough. He also pardoned Lil Wayne and Steve Bannion, and refused to show the Bidens around the White House, because he's okay to sweat the small stuff. He did apparently write a Presidential letter to the new encumbant, although whether coiling one off on a bit of White House stationary can be read as "passing on the baton" is debatable. Probably more adept at pissing on the baton. That's how he marks his territory, up to and including his rented lady friends. 

Lady Gaga sang "The Star Spangled Banner" with a goose fashioned by the master chocolateers at Lindt affixed to her breast. She was okay, better than Garth Brooks, who looked like he'd eaten Wyoming. He gave a breathy version of "Amazing Grace", as though he were the shit-kicker whisperer. Which I expect he was. Pence sat clapping along in gloves throughout - no flies on him - while behind him the ex-presidents, looking like Mount Rushmoore after a snow fall, pinged ink blots and chewed up tissue paper at the back of his head. No he's alright is Pencey - he's one of the gang now. Just dont get him started on women's reproductive rights - you'll be there all night. Christ, does he know his way around a Bible...

Biden was old-school Presidential and eager (he started his acceptance speech ten minutes before he technically became president). He is the President from Central Casting, but that's what the world needs - all of this pomp under the circumstances could seem trite, but I actually misted up watching the ceremony. We've been terrorised for four years by that shitty, fraudulent, clay-baked id. I hope he goes out on the toilet at Mar-A -Lago, half passing an impossible fat berg on his gilded throne, slack jaw propped up by his girlish fist and looking like Rodin's "The Stinker". The world just got out of an abusive relationship. I hate that fucking pig. The worst of everything. 

I dont think Joseph Robinette (ooh!) Biden is going to be the answer to this maiden's prayer. Yes, its a step back into a more comfortable, sanitised, mainstream web of neo-liberal hypocrisy, but at least its MY comfortable, sanitised, mainstream web of neo-liberal hypocrisy. He didn't shy away from racism or domestic terrorism in his acceptance speech, and his whole goal was the notion of unity. He didn't mention Trump either, though Trump was hanging over the entire day: the spectre at the MacFeast. Biden's entire Presidency is going to be spent putting out the fires that Trump stoked while he was in office. I wish him luck. I wish everyone luck. Good luck.