Like certain ones of us
maybe Sarah Palin
makes a better poet
than she does a politician.
Obama isn't allowed
to use a teleprompter
but she did
and it broke
so during her speech
at the Iowa Freedom Summit
she improvised.
"Things must change for our government.
Look at it.
It isn’t too big to fail.
It’s too big to succeed.
So we can afford no retreads
or nothing will change
with the same people"
or the "same policies that
got us into
the status quo."
Then she proceeds
with the etymology lesson.
"Another Latin word.
Status quo.
And it stands for
‘Man, the middle-class
everyday Americans
are really gettin’ taken for a ride.'"
But really
we shouldn't make fun of her
as she made
a salient point
that "the man can only ride ya
when your back is bent."
Maybe Obama wouldn't
say it quite the same way
but "middle-class everyday Americans"
left or right
can surely agree
(if not on the cause)
that their backs are bent.
Keep writing Sarah
and sharing with the world
your solid attempts at
both cutting commentary
and comedy
but please
leave your presidential career
to Tina Fey.
(For your sake
as you'll only anger
the progressives further
and they'll rebel with a president
even worse than Obama.)
This poem © 2015 Emily Cooper.
