Poems of the Week

Hail to the Dropouts!

by Kathleen Naureckas

“The Democratic primary dropouts are coming a mile a minute now.”
—CNN

Remaining hopefuls on my Facebook feed
proclaim the many donations they need
so they can go to the Houston debate.
Why do they think I’d consider it great
to see two-times-ten once more in the crowd
attempting to speak, for crying out loud?
I’m grateful to Moulton and Ojeda
for helping to make the debates better.
Also Gravel, Inslee, Hickenlooper.
If more would follow, it would be super!