Lest There Be Lingering Doubt, Let Me Assure You
Hear me read
the poem as
an MP3 file.
Lest there be lingering doubt, let me
assure you,
I don't believe the half of what I say.
The point, after
all, is winning, so I tell you
What you want to hear from me
today.
Oh, yes, I have a point of view, and visions
To push for once
in office, if and when.
But if I lose, then all my vain
ambitions
And dreams will go the way of mice and men.
So I promise
this and promise that
I'll spend and cut your taxes and the
debt,
And pay for it by cutting just the fat.
You'll have your cake
and eat it, too, I'll bet.
And yet and yet and yet and yet and yet
...
This is how the world is, isn't
it?
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