For John Boehner
it's a sad
but remarkably lucid day.
Some say it was the DNC's
years of pithy and punny
email subject lines
that finally did him in
including "Devastating Blow to Boehner"
"Boehner Panic"
and "Big Raging Boehner
Screwing Us All"
(well okay
not that one yet).
Others say
he articulates
what reasonable people
on both sides of the aisle
have been thinking
for some time
namely that
“It’s become clear to me
that this prolonged leadership turmoil
would do irreparable damage
to the institution.
This isn’t about me.
It’s about the people
it’s about the institution."
Now how long before
Donald Trump tweets
that he could've done
a better job?
(Meaning replacing crying
with unprovoked insults.)
This poem © 2015 Emily Cooper.
