(7:30)

descent, a woman
     ascent, a woman      a scent
o sent   o woman   i sent   sent
   sent   blind   backwards   growl
     into    ocean

the president flies into Washington state,
   drops some issues and climbs back
  aboard his expensive plane to get
     the hell out. salmon, he says,
   are back. we need a stronger economy,
      he says.   a pundit: taking
  credit for returning salmon is like
     a sailor taking credit for
  the tides.   perhaps he did not
     have his script in hand
   this environmental president.
      perhaps … no matter.
  it is now a storm which must
       be weathered, a tornado to
    dodge, poison oak to be reasoned
with. trumpeting idiots will
   finally get tired, so  will he.
out, mr. president,
      is the country better off now
           than it was when you  found it
     three years ago?