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Political observation commentary. The debates

 

There Once

There Once Was 
By Franklin Price
3/5/2016

There once was a rich man who spent
His own money to be president 
You can tell when he stands
He has very  small hands
And to the debates he soon went

He found as he started to speak
That the others their noses could tweak
Some came back at him
But there wits were quite dim
Heads were bursting and starting to leak

He did quite well in the polls
Twice as well as the other poor souls
He rose to the top
As the others did flop
They began setting downgrading goals

The media jumped on him too
His opponents  began something new
Came out with rhetoric
That was really sophomoric
Even  green slime they did spew

Then one of them said something grand
Its meaning we all understand
You know what they say
In bathrooms every day
About a man having small hands

With that they sunk lower than low
They contested how low could they go
Much lower than we
Thought we ever would see
Did not take him down and then so

The whole party joined in the fray
To take him down in whatever way
Dig up any dirt
Bring on losers to hurt
Guess that's politics of today
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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March 5, 2016 at 9:39 PM
Interesting poem, you tell a story well... Linda
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March 6, 2016 at 12:51 PM
Thanks Linda. Most of the time I have to rearrange the verses to make the story flow correctly. However, except fo a few words, I seldom change the verses. I find writing very enjoyable. Your comment make it even more so.
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