by Steven Kent

“‘They’ll do good work’: In JD Vance’s hometown, Trump is already the winner”
—The Guardian

Oh Middletown, Middletown, what have you done?
An Ivy League phony’s your favorite son;
This heir of a blue-collar steel-working man
Will gut Grandpa’s union as fast as he can.
Unprincipled toady, political hack—
He’ll come to campaign, then he’ll never come back.
They sell you out daily, these cynical men,
And still you’ll support them again and again.