by Steven Kent
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| ID 259791971 | Bolsonaro © Alf Ribeiro | Dreamstime.com |
"Jailhouse shock: Brazil coup monger Bolsonaro finally faces life behind bars" —The Guardian, November 20, 2025
There's a shift in opinion: Today
Bolsominions indignantly say
Jails are too inhumane,
Though they've made it quite plain
Up till now that's the only Right way.
Steven Kent is the poetic alter ego of writer and musician Kent Burnside. His work appears in 251, Asses of Parnassus, The Dirigible Balloon, Light, Lighten Up Online, The Lyric, New Verse News, The Orchards Poetry Journal, Philosophy Now, The Pierian, Pulsebeat Poetry Journal, The Road Not Taken: A Journal of Formal Poetry, Snakeskin, and Well Read. His collections I Tried (And Other Poems, Too) (2023) and Home at Last (2025) are published by Kelsay Books.