by Brock Dethier
We feed him money and patriots,
teach him how to disrupt and dismember,
spread rumors about his enemies,
ignore his habit of dining
on kittens and babies,
the times he addresses us
as fuckface.
When he turns mean we threaten
to cut off his allowance.
When he slits our throat
everyone's surprised,
and we send the good herr doctor back
to his lab to make a better one.
Brock Dethier teaches English at Utah State University and has published poems in more than twenty journals. His most recent books are From Dylan to Donne: Bridging English and Music and First Time Up: An Insider's Guide for New Composition Teachers.