lonely Ted

some inner demon tells Ted Cruz he's right
and makes him preach it here and everywhere
glib rhetoric but lacking in insight
to why his backers lash out in despair
he kisses babies and they start to cry
as if they smelled a predatory beast
their parents try to shield them from this guy
'cause those who know Ted best respect him least
an ego-drived bid that makes no sense
to be our nation's First Canadian
so confident the electorate's dense
they'd take him for a leader among men
for Cruz, each race achieves the same old end
to snarl through life and never make a friend