North Carolina Representative
Mark Meadows
one of the Republicans'
most conservative voices
has introduced a motion
for Speaker John Boehner
to "vacate the chair."
He said
that "It's really more about
trying to have a conversation
on making this place work
where everybody's voice matters
where there's not a punitive culture."
Boehner cried
at this symbolic statement
that is unlikely to oust him
but it was out of joy
not sadness
as he thought to himself
"I couldn't sue Obama
but at least one person
remembers I'm still here."
This poem © 2015 Emily Cooper.
