by Ron Riekki
For the longest time, the Great Lakes have been
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior, a bond
between US and Canada that affectionately became
abbreviated to H.O.M.E.S. But now, to bend
that bond, eerily, the inferior (five-letter too) named
President wants to change it to Superior, Huron,
America, Michigan, Erie, which will from now on
link Trump to the new abbreviation: S.H.A.M.E.
Ron Riekki co-edited Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice.
