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The Ballot Lay Before Me Like a Snake
The ballot lay before
me like a snake
Or like a Klansman predatory
in white
Slithering across the official
page
That same old roster
of the same old
Democrats
Republicans
Greens
Libertarians
That same old Unwanted
List of ideologues
Of plotters, scroungers,
graspers, creepers, oafs
Aliases, scofflaws,
incompetents
Poltroons
(I’m not sure what a
poltroon is, but they are poltroons anyway, so there)
Ignoramuses, bigots,
and bubbas in bad wigs
Best fitted for those
old post office walls
Incapable of
self-government, not to be trusted
With firearms, sharp
objects, pointy scissors, or glue
(But those topics were
not on the ballot)
The ballot lay before
me like a snake
Or like a Klansman
predatory in white
Slithering across the
official page –
I gave it back as
blank as the candidates
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