The Fox
By Long Island Poet Joan Digby
In the medieval Bestiary
the fox is a symbol of evil
duplicity and fraud
his red coat and coal-black eyes
projections of the devil
burning in hellfire
Our coal-loving demon
is but a hologram
a projection of fake-Fox
News with his fake-red hair
and trumped up speeches
he can barely read
concocted by fake reporters
scratching his tail for money
Before long the Fox-puppet
will become an ornament
a collar or hat of fake fur that lasts
but a season and then is tossed away