He Makes Me Sick

Carol Burt
6 min readOct 12, 2019

Trump the tyrant

I can no longer endure looking at him. I taste bile at the back of my throat when he appears and I swear at the television when he speaks. I’ve never wanted to see anyone fall over dead except him.

I’m neither threatening him nor a threat to him. The worst I can do to him is write about what a sorry excuse for a president — and a human — he is. But, Lord help me, I’d be happy if…

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Carol Burt

Former print journalist, former mayor, retired law enforcement officer. Writing about politics and government along with random personal essays.