After the midterms
House and Senate Republicans
turn dreamily to the American people
and ask
"Was that good
for you too?"
And Republican Senate
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
do you mean
what you say
that "tonight"
we "begin the race
to turn this country around
to restore hope
and confidence and optimism
to this commonwealth
and across this nation"
or is that merely
a sweet little lie
one says
in the post-election afterglow?
This poem © 2014 Emily Cooper.
