This could use some work but I read this prompt Wednesday morning after the primaries on Tuesday and this one question was churning in my mind after seeing voters interviewed in exit polls...what were you thinking???
This could use some work but I read this prompt Wednesday morning after the primaries on Tuesday and this one question was churning in my mind after seeing voters interviewed in exit polls...what were you thinking???
What were you thinking dear voter?
As you touched the screen,
Or filled in the bubble,
To choose him yet again?
Were you thinking of the economy?
A complex and complicated melting pot of policies that wax and wane constantly.
Were you thinking of the border?
And his party’s refusal to vote on policy, so it still may be used as a fear mongering talking point.
Maybe it was his pro-life stance,
Laughable with the knowledge that the only life he cares about is his own.
Or are you simply worshipping at the altar of greed and power?
Regurgitating lies and misconceptions in some misguided hero worship?
And holding on to the promise of a return to a “great” country
Karri, using a saying the students on campus would use: "Truth!" As someone involved in politics fir a liong time in one way or another, I appreciate the honesty, bewilderment and exasperation of your poem.
He really does not care about me, you or anyone but himself. I agree with Larry, TRUTH!!! Thank you for this poem, I am bewildered by all of it all too.
Snapping, clapping and whistling after reading this, Karri. Not just because I am aligned with your views, but because the cadence and word choices and pacing are all so effective. You really stuck the landing! #truthBOMB
I remember specifically posting something like "He doesn't care about you!" before the last election. As Larry said, I feel the honesty, bewilderment, and exasperation here.
Karri, your poem perfectly captures all the puzzling things about the man's cult following. Among the nearly half of voters who support him, there have to be a lot of reasonably reasonable people in there, right? I wish there were a way to make them really feel the points you raise here, particularly the last five lines.
This could use some work but I read this prompt Wednesday morning after the primaries on Tuesday and this one question was churning in my mind after seeing voters interviewed in exit polls...what were you thinking???
What were you thinking dear voter?
As you touched the screen,
Or filled in the bubble,
To choose him yet again?
Were you thinking of the economy?
A complex and complicated melting pot of policies that wax and wane constantly.
Were you thinking of the border?
And his party’s refusal to vote on policy, so it still may be used as a fear mongering talking point.
Maybe it was his pro-life stance,
Laughable with the knowledge that the only life he cares about is his own.
Or are you simply worshipping at the altar of greed and power?
Regurgitating lies and misconceptions in some misguided hero worship?
And holding on to the promise of a return to a “great” country
That was only great for a few?
Because…
Spoiler alert…
He
Doesn’t
Care
About
You.
I can feel and relate to all the head shaking, hand-wringing bewilderment and frustration of your poem!
Karri, using a saying the students on campus would use: "Truth!" As someone involved in politics fir a liong time in one way or another, I appreciate the honesty, bewilderment and exasperation of your poem.
TRUTH!!!
He really does not care about me, you or anyone but himself. I agree with Larry, TRUTH!!! Thank you for this poem, I am bewildered by all of it all too.
Snapping, clapping and whistling after reading this, Karri. Not just because I am aligned with your views, but because the cadence and word choices and pacing are all so effective. You really stuck the landing! #truthBOMB
I remember specifically posting something like "He doesn't care about you!" before the last election. As Larry said, I feel the honesty, bewilderment, and exasperation here.
Karri, your poem perfectly captures all the puzzling things about the man's cult following. Among the nearly half of voters who support him, there have to be a lot of reasonably reasonable people in there, right? I wish there were a way to make them really feel the points you raise here, particularly the last five lines.