bad precedent

Tristan Robert Lange


Notice of absence from Tristan Robert Lange
Life is full of seasons. This is a season of transition for me, where I will be moving with my family to a new location. As such, with much logistics to consider, I am doing my best to keep up. Please know if I accidentally don't respond, it is not because I am ghosting or becoming distant. Once things settle after the move, I am sure life will return to some normalcy. In the meantime, and always:

Read 👓, Write ✍️, Rise 🌅, Realize 🤯.

Tristan 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦‍⬛
roosevelt enjoyed boxing
liked to box
stood in the ring
had the prowess of a fox.
you, mr. bad precedent,
polish your white box,
so you can sport self-branded socks,
possibly self-branded crocks,
while you watch others box,
claw, kick, scrape,
peck like gamecocks,
for your royal birthday bash,
as king of an ugly, social pox.
 
© 2026 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.
First published on tristanrobertlange.com, June 15, 2026.
 
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  • Friendship

    That was a joke last night. Well said, my friend. Your poem revolves around themes of privilege, societal struggle, and the absurdity of leadership that is out of touch with reality.

    • Tristan Robert Lange

      Friendship, thank you, my friend. 🙏 It really was one of those moments where reality feels like satire and satire barely has to do any work. Sometimes all you can do is shake your head and write the poem. 🥊🙏📜👑

    • nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson)

      loved it, a fav

      • Tristan Robert Lange

        Norman, thank you so much, my friend. 🙏 I'm delighted this one landed for you. Sometimes a poem just shows up with a boxing glove on and...well...yeah. Thanks again, mate! 🥊🙏📜👑

        • nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson)

          most welcome my friend

        • sorenbarrett

          A clever political strike not sure if it was a jab or a hook maybe an uppercut. Regardless cage fighting on the white house lawn is something only Andrew Jackson could have thought of. Why not change the name of the country to Trumpland. When a man's head grows too big for his body Macrocephaly and hydrocephalus for a man with water on the brain. Well written Tristan

          • Tristan Robert Lange

            Soren, thank you, my friend. 🙏 The Andrew Jackson comparison gave me a chuckle...and perhaps more than a little pause. History has a way of reminding us what happens when power becomes spectacle and people become collateral damage. Always appreciate your thoughts, my friend. 🥊🙏📜👑

            • sorenbarrett

              You are most welcome my friend history casts new shadows on old events and Old Hickory was popular in his time but time has shown his color to different peoples

            • orchidee

              'The History of Spinach' book, by one Mr....... we knows him! lol.

            • Teddy.15

              Wow, Ive never seen a worst one 🤣 let's hope America can learn from this. An excellent piece sobering 🌹

            • arqios

              A sure lesson in politics.

            • cellinic

              A wisely penned work with deep and expressive sense of humour, A fave, my dear friend



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