First Draft
The Debate
Four pieces of ice, a double shot of triple-distilled vodka,
and top it off with tonic water.
Sitting down on the couch with cocktail glass in hand,
I point the remote to the TV and mash the button a few times
to see that it had already begun.
The man representing the right is on the left.
The man representing the left is on the right.
The man supposedly representing the center sits in the middle,
conducting the titans like
a bad middle-school drama coach.
Questions about the economy are everywhere
but where are the answers?
Look at him, motherfucker! Just once, look at him!
All you do is call him naïve, say he doesn’t understand,
but you won’t even look him in the eye.
Is this it? How can you call this a choice?
This man does not care about us any more than he does
His 7, sorry, 9 homes.
Bullshit is called out yet it still falls out
of the right side of the stage’s mouth
And you still won’t look at him!
Four pieces of ice, a double shot of triple-distilled vodka,
and top it off with tonic water.
Sitting down on the couch with cocktail glass in hand,
I point the remote to the TV and mash the button a few times
to see that it had already begun.
The man representing the right is on the left.
The man representing the left is on the right.
The man supposedly representing the center sits in the middle,
conducting the titans like
a bad middle-school drama coach.
Questions about the economy are everywhere
but where are the answers?
Look at him, motherfucker! Just once, look at him!
All you do is call him naïve, say he doesn’t understand,
but you won’t even look him in the eye.
Is this it? How can you call this a choice?
This man does not care about us any more than he does
His 7, sorry, 9 homes.
Bullshit is called out yet it still falls out
of the right side of the stage’s mouth
And you still won’t look at him!