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.