Byzantine

Mike Pence sat out the knife-fights on the stage
where he'd be subject to close scrutiny
preferring a much subtler war to wage
while he professes Christian charity
he'd overturn the whole Enlightenment
that says each moral agent knows what's right
he'd let the Church dictate to government
and shield those dealings from the Press' light
Trump brings no policies to call his own
his soundbites baffle rather than cohere
Rasputin-like, a voice behind the throne
maneuvers to imprint his values there
vice presidents don't get a lot to do
until they engineer that palace coup