invested

eight years ago, she saw her numbers lag
but urged the SuperDelegates to swing
yet when she deems she's got this in the bag
she waits for them to kneel and kiss her ring
she paid good money, and expects their vote
the whole machine's indebted to her bank
a sort of inverse way to ride the coat-
-tails rather than engage the File and Rank
the BeltWay Brahmins tell us it's her turn
and Sanders' program could never get passed
but whole new generations feel the Bern
and won't be swayed 'til the last ballot's cast
that brittle laugh and uncomfortable  smile
must ache like fire in this campaign's last mile