The following poem is an erasure of the Grifter's part of an interview by David Muir on ABC on 25 January 2017; it is based on the transcript here.

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next time – and I will say none of 'em None of 'em They would all be None of 'em But when you look a lot to look There's nothing bigger There's nothing biggerLet me just tell you you know millions of people when I say that if you would’vethey're saying We agree We agree very smart people peoplepeople are saying they saw I heard But you're not talking about But it's a small little I will tell you we're gonna have an idea Now you're telling me all of a sudden But you have other and you have other You take a look how many Take a look And you're gonna find I didn't say there are But I think there could very well be That's right And I also say and I also say I would've But I would've I wouldn't have I wouldn't have I wouldn't have I would've I would've I never even That’s true That's true very much not at all Not at all No not at allBelieve me And if you look at it they all They all They didn't I don't believe I got one it would've been different Now you have to understand I – I Maybe she didn't She should've She thought in the bag She should've she thought you're talking about you know But they didn't I went I went I went I went to allThat's all I No no We're looking at it No no a tremendous one of the great ever In terms of the most ever or just about the most ever When you look at One of the greatest ever But again I I didn't What I'm saying is if there are there might be Look if you look back Chicago Chicago laughing You look you look But take a look very beautiful Very beautiful And I But look Look It's not It hasn't believe me look what's going on It's only But smiling and laughing Now once didn't do All of a sudden So here's the point a lot of stuff possibly I say probably But possiblyWe're gonna And then we're gonna If people I don't know We're gonna we talk about we're gonna so important Now I'll say I think first of all would – would be a great thing But I believe And I believe would've been Well we're gonna We're gonna And – and by the way when I say you're 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did really You saw I didn't a massive very unflattering unflattering a massive In terms of a total supposedly the biggest And I you would even They say I had the biggest speeches I'm But I didn't You just Part of my whole who have been will never be Part of that is when unfairly a massive a crowd – I looked over that WowAnd I've seen Big big That was some When I lookedall of the various the biggest speeches I said I was talking I won't demean and demean farawaymore importantly I'm saying No I think you’re talking talkingI think you're And that's why I think And that's why you pretty badRight carnage speech tremendous – from certain carnageIt is carnage It's carnage This is – is not like being shot Thousands over a period – over a short period This year worse last year catastrophe want help love to help send in send inMaybe they're not gonna Maybe they're being overly Maybe there's But you can't Chicago Chicago is Chicago is worse report report about every fix shot in a city in a country Maybe it's okay if I want fix very easily fixableThey're gonna have to But they gotta fix I don't want essentially Chicago Chicago And Chicago a great can be a great can't be a great Excuse me can't be a great a loaf of bread Can't be a great But so far they have been And I wasn't So look speech very nice speech shot and killed speech You can't have weren't shot speech But shot speech What – what's So all I'm saying I say You have to and you have to because you can't I want It's a big Well I'll be talking about that So you'll be there and you'll be able to see You're gonna see Well I have I have great respect said – I was a little said he's not torture As you know gonna be as opposed to who didn'tAnd he will I think And he is – you know I haven't But I will tell you I have intelligence And they are big waterboardingBecause they say it does It does I would do I would do – I wanna I wannaWhen they're shooting – when they're chopping people and other people when they're chopping people nobody has ever Medieval would I feel waterboarding As far as I'm concerned fire fire Now with that being said I'm going I'm going I think gonna be I'm gonna But I have spoken the highest intelligence And I asked Does it Does absolutely I don't want people or anybody's headsOkay or or anything else I don't want – look to have seen much different You never saw Now they and they and they So we have and we're not We're not even I will say I will and and my And if they don't wanna If they do wanna I will I wanna do But do I feel Absolutely I feel Have I spoken I haven't seen But I think Have I spoken feel strongly AbsolutelyI wanna keep no I wanna – I will And I'm gonna And if they don't wanna 100 percent Do I think Absolutely Right We're talking about – no it's not But it's tremendous It's we're going to speech And it's tremendous in many cases or in some cases are looking tremendousYou look you'll be hearing a whole You'll be very You're looking in many cases in some cases I don't want They're They're coming I don't want I'm gonna be Now I'll absolutely I think that a tremendous and various other And all you have take a look It's – it's I don't want have and have more than ever They – and it's from So look look Believe me I know even better They're deep they're serious We don't You're going to see – you're going to see We're going to extreme And extreme And we're not we think even a little we're gonna It's going to be It's gonna be very very I don't want You look You look You look Okay I mean take that Anger anger How can you Look David DavidI mean I know you're The world The world What You think this is gonna The world We went We shouldn't have We shouldn't have The world Take a look Take a look Take a look And and and The world DavidWell we should've And you know it's very you wouldn't they got the money They got the money leaving – when we left we left which wasn't It's not And by the way and I said And they were essentially And and forever And and it would go – it was just We got inI said That's essentially We should have You wouldn't Now I wasn't talking about But had we would've very good happenedThey would not have rather unbelievable the world Wait wait can you Who are who say Fools call call fools We should've excuse me We should've you wouldn't And we would have We have And falling apart Our roads – excuse me Our roads our our falling apartWe have And we can't or we can't And we can't fix We can'tLook We've been Nobody even knows they don't really know But it's time It's time Well don't let it we'll see I mean we're gonna see You know I told and I told wants to talk I don't wanna I wanna let – I wanna take place the talk takes place I watched Then they'd say Okay and I kept saying to myself All right I don't wanna do a lot of talking I wanna talk after not before It's going to be – what my plan is is that I wanna I'm not gonna Just so you understand people talk about And I told the best thing nothingAnd then we'll and we'll and – and Believe you'll haveAnd I told except I wanna get it fixed The best thing I could do if I didn't do anything begging me to do something But I don't wanna So just so you disaster It's It's It doesn't It's You know I know And I said terrific folks I said Look and I'm okay We wanna I said They're gonna it's gonna That's the thing But the right thing So I wanna Nobody's gonna gonna be terrific And very very happy And now don't even They don't even Remember keep keep Remember Remember I mean you do admit that I think right We are going to if you look We're gonna So nobody ever No no here's what I can we are going a better much better much better you can have you want and you wantWe're gonna much better much less And remember I said very good at this stuff And why not We're gonna But I don't wanna I wanna give great much lower You know when you say no one I think no oneyou’re talking about And then you know knowing on television saying how Okay We want We want the answer But I will say millionsmillions and millions and millions It's too and it's no And unfortunately very very sad very nice but – he said that no longer He's a staunch He said no longer He made that campaign trail he said is crazy It's crazy And you know what they were both rightThank you very much. Appreciate it.