Politics

In America
Politics like life
Is best endured if
We have a sense of
Humor else-wise we
Risk becoming a boor.
If you still believe things
Should be fair past the third
Grade something is very wrong.
If you still believe in the Easter
Bunny and Santa Claus after
The age of eight or a literal
Reading of the Bible in
Middle age then stay
Away from politics.
Bismarck said at
The start of the
20th Century
The less
People know
About how sausage
And politics are made the
Better they will sleep at
Night. Americans can
And do take politics
Too seriously when
The new boss is
Often much as
The old boss
And political
Promises
Are as
Ephemeral
As new love.
An American
Scientist studying
How one bird species
Female picks her mate
Was horrified to find in her
Studies that the decisive factor
Was not strength or the best
Nest builder but rather the
Brightness of a few male
Tail feathers that turned
The female’s head and
Allowed that male to
Mate with her, most
Disturbing to the
Female scientist
As it too much
Resembled
Humans
And it is
Just so
In our
Politics.