Red Carpet Costume Party Apocalypse

Kanye showed up as Kanye.
[Ye-Kanye or Kanye-Kanye?]
The poem, queer & confused & idiomatic, petticoated as Ms. Dickinson,
the tv version.
The shooter paraded through as a door unlocked during worship.
The conspiracy theorist expanded into a Reddit thread.
[so obvious]
One kid cardigan-ed up as Mister Rogers.
The white nationalist came looking like your too-loud uncle who loves a good
Dollar General deal.
All the other children grinned for the cameras then collapsed: dead children.
Fox News dressed as a mass grave filled with dead children.
Kanye [didn’t he already?] rolled by inside a giant hamster ball.
The virus came as all the plastic stuffed in your closet.
[killer costume]
A giant index finger jabbed at the gathered crowd: You’re fired! You’re fired!
You’re fired!
The poem pranced past the microphones wearing leg warmers.
The polar bear arrived sopping wet, no ice in sight.