When Elected
To enter this contest on Poetry Soup
They asked for a tale, a story – THE POOP
The only condition, you had to produce
The story as written by the great Dr. Seuss
Now this story begins as most stories start
With the who, when and where and all of their parts
The when – well it’s election time
The who – let’s say it’s a local swine
The where – why Whosville, nothing but
And that leaves nothing but the what
The mayor of old Whosville said
I’m tired of this town, instead
I think I’ll go to Washington
And show them all what can be done
I think I’ll travel there by train
And, at every stop explain
But first I’ll have to get a PAC
To fund my run, to have my back
Who’ll tell me what I need to say
To get the folks to see my way
To hide my past – my skeletons
At least the real creepy ones
And I’ll have to have an aide
A temporary one that won’t get paid
Who’ll always stand there by my side
To tell me when to duck and hide
The media will be my friend
Depending on how much I spend
I’ll tell this crowd I’m for defense
If that is what they think makes sense
At other times – economy
I’ll say is where our goals should be
Not till elected will they see
There is a little Grinch in me
Go on an laugh and laugh out loud
You namby-pamby foolish crowd
They used to laugh that is until
I became the king in small Whosville
This story is quite sad – but true
It happens to me and it happens to you
The WHO may be known by a different name
But all the WHOs play the very same game
Mdailey 1/31/12
9th place in contest
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