for show

manipulating image is the art
of gaining influence to have your way
while issues and ideas pull us apart
the winner strains to float above that fray
for Hillary, the future's looking up
a camera held throat-high is a sin
'tho wiser, she no longer looks a pup
and trusts that shadows sketch a single chin
the talking heads obsess on Bernie's hair
as if--like Samson's--it contains his vim
instead of issue about which we care
they'd rather plan a new wardrobe for him
the Media wax fat while we all fight
and couldn't give a damn about what's right