This Poem was Submitted By: JAY D. SAVITZ On Date: 2000-11-26 19:32:52 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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ELECTIONATING

WITH EXCITEMENT ABOUNDING THE STAGES WERE SET WITH FOLLOWERS SURROUNDING  ALL WERE HAPPY, AND YET WISH THEY'D HURRY, NOT DALLY  WHO'S THE WINNER WE'LL CHOOSE CAN'T THEY SPEED UP THE TALLY  TILL WE KNOW WHO WILL LOSE THEN MURPHY'S LAW POPPED ITS HEAD  INTO GRAYNESS WE SPIN WE JUST CAN'T GO TO BED  TILL WE KNOW WHO WILL WIN MORE THAN 10 DAYS HAVE GONE BY AND YOU KNOW IT'S AMAZING ALL THE LEADERS JUST CRY WHILE OUR SYSTEM THEIR RAZING THEIR CAMPAIGNS GAVE US HOPE THAT WE ALL WOULD UNITE BUT THEY JUST CANOT COPE ALL THEY CAN DO IS FIGHT THE EX PRESIDENT'S SON SAYS HE'S SHOWN THAT HE'S ABLE TO DO JOBS LEFT UNDONE BRING ALL SIDES TO THE TABLE AND THE SENATOR'S BOY SAYS HE CARES FOR US ALL SAYS HE'LL NEVER BE COY ON ALL SIDES HE WILL CALL BOTH CLAIM THAT HERE AND WORLDWIDE THEY HAVE THE SKILLS, AND THEY ARE BRIGHT THEY'LL BRING ALL PEACE, THEY'LL BRING ALL PRIDE THEY'LL TAKE WHAT'S WRONG AND MAKE IT RIGHT SO HERE'S OUR FUTURE LEADERS, AND WHAT DO THEY DO STAY AT HOME, PEEKING OUT, JUST LIKE VOYEURS THEY DON'T ACT, NOT A PEEP, NOW I FEAR WE ARE THROUGH ALL THEY WANT IS TO WIN, ALL WE HEAR FROM ARE LAWYERS THEY HAVE PROVEN TO ME, THAT THEY'RE BOTH MALCONTENT ALL THEY DO IS COMPLAIN, ALL THEY DO IS TO BALK THEY HAVE PROVEN TO ME THAT THEY'RE INCOMPETENT OUR SYSTEMS SHAKING, LOSING FAITH, STILL THEY WON'T TALK FOR THE SAKE OF THE WORLD, AND IF WE ARE TO BE WELL IT'S NOW TIME TO SIT BACK, TAKE A BREATHER BURN THE BUSH, STOP THE GORE, OR WE'LL ALL GO TO HELL SCREAM AND SHOUT, WHO WILL BE PRESIDENT ---- "NEITHER"

Copyright © November 2000 JAY D. SAVITZ


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