After the Election
On November Ninth, just before dawn
I’ll be getting up without a yawn
Through all my neighbors’ yards I will run
Picking campaign signs up, one-by-one
Retrieving them indiscriminately
I plan to trash them vigilantly
Knowing full well, the public has spoken
Only after long friendships have broken
Whom I supported, I’ll never tell
Superior notions I’ll dispel
Candidates all seemed the same to me
Huge egos, little class, dire cash pleas
Regardless of which party prevails
They are both equal on the truth scales
Elections pitted friend against friend
Now it’s time for our feelings to mend
*October 31, 2016
For the "After the Elections" challenge
Copyright © Carolyn Devonshire | Year Posted 2016
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