For Election Day 2016

When I think about this year and all the stories that we hear of Clinton's crimes, and Trump's remarks, and how the media embarks on efforts to distort the truth – it makes me want to be the sleuth who solves the crime, and coins the jest that puts all questioning to rest. But alas, it's not to be: unscathed is the uncertainty that rules our minds, afflicts our hearts – yet deeper thoughtfulness imparts. Perhaps it's how it's meant to be, this dialectic that we see, this thesis – anti-thesis dance which in the end might just enhance our understanding of our plight. But is that real? Could it be right? Could Trump and Clinton be the two that make the dialectic true? – on one side the establishment, with all its ills and crimes, and on the other Brexit Trump whose monologue begrimes? If I could well evaluate the matter as it stands, (and be quite sure the end result was in the voters' hands,) should I support one of these two? Or vote for good Jill Stein? Or maybe not to vote at all? (I'd happily decline.) There is no question that the worst of all is HRC, and that she must be stopped (against all probability). But to stop her, must I compromise to such extent that for the loony Donald Trump my one vote must be spent? If certainty is what we want, it's there with Hillary. Corruption is her certain trait, and base dishonesty. With Donald, it's the big unknown, no telling what he'll do – if his advisers aren't too bad, might be a happy coup. With Clinton it is clear she'll sink us deeper in the slime. With Trump, who knows? He might surprise us in a little time. So what is my conclusion after all this pain and doubt? To vote for Donald J. and hope that he will bail us out? I don't see an alternative, though Jill Stein has my trust. The reality's unfortunate: It's Donald Duck or bust.