I never understood very much,
you know.
But here I go spewing into the atmosphere;
tremendous, tremendous amount of spewing
into the air.
Right? Spewing
fumes, fumes, gases, fumes and everything
into the air,
into the universe;
their air—it’s our air, right?

You know
better than anybody,
I’ve manufactured a tremendous
world of monsters.
You know windmills kill birds, right?
The bald eagle—many bald eagles.
Someday, birds (the bald eagle) will kill you,
shoot you.
So your house is a graveyard
under a windmill.

I make these things up.
I’ve made the world tiny and noisy.
It’s very expensive;
a vision worth none of the price.
You talk about jail.
You do it and go look:
You’ll see more killing than you’ve ever seen ever in your life.
It’s true.
You know.

All words are Donald Trump’s, remixed from a portion of his speech to the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Florida on December 21, 2019

“I never understood wind. You know, I know windmills very much. I’ve studied it better than anybody I know. It’s very expensive. They’re made in China and Germany mostly—very few made here, almost none. But they’re manufactured tremendous—if you’re into this—tremendous fumes. Gases are spewing into the atmosphere. You know we have a world, right? So the world is tiny compared to the universe. So tremendous, tremendous amount of fumes and everything. You talk about the carbon footprint—fumes are spewing into the air. Right? Spewing. Whether it’s in China, Germany, it’s going into the air. It’s our air, their air, everything—right?

So they make these things and then they put them up. And if you own a house within vision of some of these monsters, your house is worth 50 percent of the price. They’re noisy. They kill the birds. You want to see a bird graveyard? You just go. Take a look. A bird graveyard. Go under a windmill someday. You’ll see more birds than you’ve ever seen ever in your life. You know, in California, they were killing the bald eagle. If you shoot a bald eagle, they want to put you in jail for 10 years. A windmill will kill many bald eagles. It’s true.” 

No really, he actually said that. And more! Click for full text (whitehouse.gov)

Jay Mog had written in fits and starts throughout their life and dabbled in a zillion arts and crafts, including digital photography, before discovering blackout poetry in January 2019 and suddenly everything coalesced. They now use blackout and found poetry as a particularly satisfying way to make sense of the world…well, as much as anyone can these days. You can find them on Instagram @jaymogrified.