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The Darkling Campaign

La Bedlam Sans Merci

“Doth Roger Ailes avail thee, Donald Trump,
Alone and madly floundering?
Your edge has withered in the race,
And no birds sing.

Yet – Roger Ailes? Art thou that
Haggard and that woe-begone?
This pig’s ignominy is full,
And the damage done.

I see a fox cub on thy brow,
Its orange fades and lies askew;
And on thy cheeks a fading rose
Fast withereth too.”

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“I face a lady in debate,
Full competent in policy
Her hair is blond, her foot is light,
And she will wipe the floor with me.

I have been lullèd all asleep,
I have been dreaming — woe betide!—
And now I must ascend the stage
By cold Hill’s side.

My campaign staff it spoke to me
With horrid warning gapèd wide,
And I awoke and found me here,
By cold Hill’s side.

Thus desperately I turn to Ailes,
Thus sad and madly floundering,
Though the edge is withered from the race,
And no birds sing.”

Margaret Soltan, August 16, 2016 1:12PM
Posted in: poem

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5 Responses to “The Darkling Campaign”

  1. dmf Says:

    very good tho Hill strikes me as more of a flatfooted slugger with a proven chin than a dancing thrower of jabs

  2. Greg Says:

    Ah . . . From there on down it’s all (stacked) rabid red foxes.

    Nice poem. Actually the birds are singing at last.

  3. Margaret Soltan Says:

    Greg: LOL.

  4. Dr_Doctorstein Says:

    That’s marvelous. Bravo!

  5. Margaret Soltan Says:

    Thanks, Dr_D.

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