The Look Merkel Gave You Know Who

Why aren't reporters commenting on that nanosecond of horrified disbelief? Or resigned disbelief. The fake president, dog-with-bonelike about his wiretap claims, turned to the distinguished German chancellor and cracked, "At least we have something in common," apparently referring to Obama supposedly tapping Merkel's phone. 

Merkel's head swiveled: she glanced at Fake Prez as if really seeing, for the first time, how low he could go. 

She double-taked: shaking her head. Like the mother of a serial killer who is wishing things were different. 

But oh, they are not. 

I couldn't help thinking of a happier version of the double-take by Sara Teasdale:

“Stephen kissed me in the spring,
Robin in the fall,
But Colin only looked at me
And never kissed at all.

Stephen’s kiss was lost in jest,
Robin’s lost in play,
But the kiss in Colin’s eyes
Haunts me night and day.” 

 If we were re-writing that for Merkel and Mr. Fake, we'd get something like: 

Donald flicked his eyes my way

With a creepy look

But Barry only looked at me

He never tried that gook.

Donald's look was lost in rage

Barry's lost in play

So the look in Barry's eyes 

Haunts me night and day.