show's over; back to work

the elephants are done, pack up the tents
it's just a field that was the circus grounds
attention turns away from Trump and Pence
they'll be forgotten with the other clowns
no lofty "shining city on a hill"
this contest was competed in the sewer
and now it's over, all the people will
remember are the volleys of manure
of war, and peace, and government's right size
important issues lost in all the smoke
we're left to tabulate who told more lies
Trump's foreign policy's an ill-told joke
Scalia's seat's the prize for the next fight
for which the card gets set on Tuesday night