Mayor
Pete announced and became the darling of the progressives
Young,
articulate, a vet in accord with them on LBGT rights aggressive
Not
in the closet but married to his partner and openly gay
An
unknown he quickly climbed in the polls and looked to be on his way
No
longer under the radar this Mayor of South Bend
Then
something happened that took the air out of the sails of this phenom trend
Trump
took notice and on him a name pinned
Cast
doubt then and there if he had a chance to win
Mayor
Pete with a last name no one could easily pronounce
Must
have rolled his eyes in despair when his name Trump chose to announce
In
Trumpspeak Mayor Pete will be “Alfred E. Newman” as now known
Compared
to the cover on Mad from here you
could hear Pete groan
Dukakis
looking like Alfred E. Newman in a M-1 tank met his Waterloo
Trump
must have known the label stuck on Pete would be an election déjà vu
No
one wants a grinning fool to the White House occupy
Soon
his rise in the polls reality began to deny
Insult
to injury occurred when a black was shot by police in South Bend
Rushing
to a town hall to meet with angry blacks, he brought his campaign to a
temporary end
Instead
of standing erect, tall and strong
He
chose the optics that were clearly wrong
Behind
a desk peering into the crowd
Facing
black hecklers angry and loud
A
chair behind a desk morphed into Newman’s tank
He
began his fall from the up and coming wanna-bes rank
He
calling for the FBI to investigate the shooting
Riled
the police union who would like to give him a swift booting
Even
without the name and the shooting, it’s hard for a big city or small town mayor
To
climb over other more experienced politicians to sit in the Oval Office chair
Look
only to the example of Mayor De Blasio whose race makes Don Quixote seem a
winner
No
matter what De Blasio tries he will come as a big time loser on the voters
election spinner
©
June 25, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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