All the political hubbub around picking the 2016 electoral candidates at statewide conventions, like the one happening in San Antonio next week, is what inspired Typewriter Rodeo’s David Fruchter to write this week’s poem.
Contested Convention
the race has gotten hot
the big two just won’t give up
the main dog of the party
and the snarling little pup
insults fly, and votes are counted
or are they, some would ask
exit polls suspiciously
take balloting to task
but when it comes down to it
it’s not the people who’ll decide
but old men in their meeting rooms
where so many movements died
populism’s well and good
when kept under control
or, as some say, under the thumb
of those who heed no poll…
Produced by Laura Rice.
