THE SECOND GREATNESS
[with apologies to William Butler Yeats]
Turning and turning his positions in the widening gyre
The barber cannot tame his falcon' hair;
Jeb falls apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the polls,
The GOP-e tide is turned, and everywhere
The voices of Establishment are drowned;
The Worst might face conviction, while the rest
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation's on his hat!
Surely "the Second Greatness" says his hat.
The Second Greatness! Hardly are those words out
When yet another policy reversal
Troubles my sight: a waste of desert sand;
A great wall (but with great revolving door)
An "assault" weapons ban?
An "honest broker" between the terrorists and Jews?
Portends the deal of deals with Stretch and all her friends...
The darkness drops again but now I know
That nearly thirty years of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by Boehner and McConnell
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Fifth Avenue to be born?
I stand bested.
Your Obdt. servant.
But I'm still a Trump supporter over Cruz.
(I'm covered on that, btw. Minnesota went for Rubio...)
Well done!