Public Comment

dead ender

Barry Levine
Thursday October 13, 2016 - 03:40:00 PM

the Party's over; Donald stands alone
atop the rubble of the GOP
the rhetoric no father could condone
provoked the party stalwarts' mutiny
the Southern Strategy that's built on hate
had kept poor Whites' votes sync'ed up with the Rich
they recognized their peril far too late
Trump rolled the whole machine into the ditch
a yawning vacuum on the power stage
like Whigs left just before the Civil War
could usher in a new Progressive Age
ironic tribute to the Orange boor
Trump's isn't the U.S. for which we yearn
a Perfect Union's heart swells with the Bern