by Marshall Begel

“[A political party in the UK] picked a woman who had been dead for six months as their candidate for… mayor”
—The London Economic

She’ll serve out her terms among beetles and worms,
immune to extortion and fraud.
You never will find our pick changing her mind,
unless it gets partially gnawed.

With rigor and cunning, we’ll triumph by running
the truest of grass-roots campaigns.
She may decompose, but our loyalty shows
our confidence in her remains.