Hi Judi,
I'm reviewing your poem for the I Write in 2019 contest.

I love your poem. It is such a powerful, potent protest against the current administration, and sums up the character of Trump so well. "Granite heart ground and polished slick and slippery" creates a vivid visual image.
You use alliteration effectively e.g granite, ground, greed and groceries, which helps give the poem a sense of a drum beating throughout, which enhances the flow of the poem, and the sombre mood of the poem.

The title is great - it immediately sets up the expectation of something dark, of a protest, but it doesn't give too much away, letting the poem itself unfold the subject for the reader.

You handle the contrast between the power and the powerless really well, and choose a couple of apt examples to stand for the whole awfulness. You used alliteration well here too - the connection and conflict between indulgence and insulin is a potent reminder of the deeper issues of life and death.

I felt the first half of the second verse wasn't quite as strong as the first verse - mainly because 'bowels of the earth' is quite cliched. But then it builds to that repellent image in the last line which is such a powerful conclusion.

All in all, a great poem - and I can't wait for the companion celebration poem when that pampered, blubbered butt gets booted out of the WH.

good luck in the contest,
Paddy