After his luncheon
with Killer Mike
Bernie Sanders
must be trying out
his rap skills on Twitter
when he writes
"In my view
we need to invest in jobs and education
not jails and incarceration"
and rues that "Today no piece of legislation
gets onto the floor
of the US Senate
unless it was bought
and paid for."
The message is good
and it rhymes
though the meter
a little clunky.
But it flows better
than Donald Trump's
new beef
with Ted Cruz.
"I was disappointed that Ted Cruz
would speak
behind my back
get caught
and then deny it.
Well welcome
to the wonderful world
of politics!"
It's got a juvenile
passive-aggressiveness
that should appeal
to all the bullies
in middle school
who are running smear campaigns
for class president.
(Though sixth-graders
tend to have
terrible taste in music.)
This poem © 2015 Emily Cooper.
