rumblings

Paul Ryan hasn't 'ceded that he'll quit
but neither has he bothered to campaign.
He'd need a less exalted place to sit
as his majority swirls down the drain.
The Speaker's office, where the greats held court
will host a caucus hostile to his view.
The pendulum brings a whole new cohort;
as midterms paint the Legislature Blue.
The scandals that long smoldered, blaze to fire
no candidate survives the Trump's embrace.
Unprecedented numbers will retire;
a wave of Freshmen stands to sweep this race.
Pelosi dreams the gavel's once more hers
but no one (whom she hasn't bought) concurs.