Deep in the White House,maybe in a closet,the door is shut andbarricaded fromthe inside by anarmoire and a heavy sofa.To his left you might see amachine gun.To his right is a decoy:a rifle labeledthe 2nd Amendment.The man’s face is in shadow.On the wall, his country’supside-down flag hangs crookedly.On the wall opposite,the flag of treason has beennailed to the wallbeside the hanging skeletal figure of ayoung man.A Bible sits,brand new and yet covered in dust,on a barren shelf behind him.On the back wall,a flat-screen TVframes his face.There is a whiteboarddeep inside the closet.An Expo marker is tied on a stringto the corner of the board.It has been recently erased.A picture of his daughter has beentacked to the board with around black magnet,her face false with make-up.If you look closely,you will see thathis right shoelace is undone.The hem of his pants are crooked.Perched on the bridge of his noseis a pair of borrowed glasses.If he knew these things,if he could see these things,he would not let them slide.The man is cornered.He has cornered himself.