Issue 23

Fall 2020

Found Poem: Emails Intended for the Vice President’s Daughter

Charlotte Pence

I. RE: The Last ‘War’ of the Old Men

If you should

be interested,

I could help

your side

a little bit

in my background

with short,

but usefull, statements.

Without any

reward, of course,

because I like

the straight

and strong

behaviour

of Mr. Trump sen.

and the loyalty

of your father….

Best wishes,

Nikolaus XXX, chief scientist

II. RE: Script for You

As a teacher, I was known as the bird

teacher (always did a bird challenge

class after school). I taught in Batesville,

Indiana for 28 years. I will gladly give you

all rights to my script. Know that I saw

roadkill on the way to school everyday.

I know you will use whatever you make

from the book for the good of others.

As a teacher, I was the hands and feet

for Jesus to love on His children.

Jane XXX

III. RE: Please Give that Old Message to Your Father

Dear Mr. Vice-president,

please let me remind you,

that I have warned you

already half a year ago.

That was also a question of “logic.”

Thanks and best wishes (!!!),

Your Nikolaus XXX, chief scientist

IV. RE: NOT A REAL EMAIL, NUR EINNACHTRAG

P.S.)

Would you PLEASE send me my letter“ back,

that I am having a copy of it. (I try to avoid

repetitions, for that I need it).

P.S.)

If you could and would

let my Kushner-emails

read your father, I would

read your books

very carefully in both

languages.

Is that a ,, deal. “ ?

P.S.)

In German we call it ,,Binsenweisheit“,

if somebody mentiones something, what is

selfevident, generally accepted, wellknown

And not disputable anymore.

Why has a chose president of an

democratic country to say again and again,

that he is NOT ON THE SIDE of murders,

criminals, terrorists and (as I calle them)

EXTREMISTS….

P.S.)

I also don“t know anything about

the concrete facts inside this city

(with the beautiful name….). I saw

maximum for a 1 minute pictures in CNN….

-What is wrong on it?

V. RE: The Last ‘War’ of the Old Men

Am I bothering you?

My too-much-writing is,

because I don’t know,

if these emails are

reaching somebody….

Best wishes,

Nikolaus XXX, chief scientist

VI. RE: Name Confusion for Charlotte Pence regarding Marlon Bundo

When one shares

a name

with a public

figure,

one does….make

certain adjustments

to avoid confusion….

I would recommend

Always including

“Dr.” in your bylines

and book covers and/or,

as you suggested,

adding your middle initial.

Best of luck to you!

XXX, Director of Publicity

XXX Publishing

P.S. If you haven’t seen

this already, I thought you

might find it amusing 🙂

[Link of D. Trump hitting H. Clinton with a golf ball.]

VII. RE: The Last ‘War’ of the Old Men

…The next challenge

will be to defend

these never-ending

revenge-actions

of this obviously

NEGATIVE

and DESTRUCTIVE

Mr. Bannon with his

“killing machine”,

who feels surely

deeply

humiliated….

Good Luck!

Best wishes,

Nikolaus XXX, chief scientist

VIII. RE: Email from Website

We wanted to contact Charlotte Pence,

to see if she would want a place

on my movie production crew,

when we shoot “Lone Mountain”….

We may even have her write the novel

to the movie and also the workbooks….

I work on faith, family orented movies.

Sincerely,

Bill XXX

IX. RE: The CNN

Till now, I was not really engaged…

because I don’t know details yet.

I became somehow

(in a superficial way)

a little bit more

engaged

since ca. 2 weeks,

since I have decided

to let in the morning

the CNN run,

to learn better English.

Your Nikolaus XXX, chief scientist

X. RE: Marlon Bundo’s Day In the Life of the Vice President

…I have just a few

questions

for you and the bunny

book.

Congratulations,

by the way.

What is

the charity you are

donating

proceeds

to?

How much

have you given

thus

far?

How shall

the monies

be allocated?

And why

did you decide

to give

at all?

XXX

Reporter from XXX

XI. RE: The Last “War” of the Old Men

New situation:

My first idea,

is to make

Mr. Banon….

But I would not

make him bigger,

then he is.

Mr. Trump sen. is…

such an impressing

superior manner,

looking a bit ignorantly

from upstairs down.

This overweighted Korean

psycho and this Mr. Bannon

should be more ignored

(after my oppinion,

but I have the distance

and I am just an uninvolved….

And finally, I am focused

into the locical aspects,

and there is no better-one.).

If this above formulated offer

sounds too private

and unprofessional.

it is,

a) because of my English

and b) because

(as I already metioned)

I don’t know, if there is

any reader on the other side.

Good luck!

Best wishes,

Nikolaus XXX, chief scientist

Notes

  • The quoted sections are untampered. When there are cuts, they are marked by ellipses.
  • I have not corrected the grammar or spelling.
  • All last names have been marked with XXX. First names and positions/titles have been included as is.
  • The repeat emailer, Nikolaus, would vary his title. For continuity, I always used the same title for him.

About the Author

Charlotte Pence’s first book of poems, Many Small Fires (Black Lawrence Press, 2015), received an INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award from Foreword Reviews. The book explores her father’s chronic homelessness while simultaneously detailing the physiological changes that enabled humans to form cities, communities, and households. She is also the author of two award-winning poetry chapbooks and the editor of The Poetics of American Song Lyrics. Her poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction have been published in Harvard Review, Sewanee Review, Southern Review, and Brevity. She is the director of the Stokes Center for Creative Writing and the creative writing program at University of South Alabama. In the summer of 2020, her new book Code, which is on illness and grief, was published.

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