been a long time coming

Republicans and Democrats unite
against Mamdani in his upstart bid.
It isn't (merely) that he isn't White;
the gerontocracy rejects this kid.
Outrageous, such a nobody has won!
with funding not dispensed from Schumer's fist.
These immigrants must learn how things get done.
Newspapers shrilly brand him "Communist".
But voters aren't holding Daddy's hand;
they understand that neither party works.
We've lined up to endorse the better man
when we've been badly served by tenured jerks.
The dinosaurs are weaker than they think
unthinking that--in time--they'll be extinct.

The leaders we need

The gerontocracy Chuck Schumer rules
perceives Mamdani as a foreign threat.
A real Progressive, not big donors' tool,
he rides a groundswell money can't deflect.
The Gilded Age McKinley thought was swell
ignored the squalor of the greater mass,
as if the Workers, in their urban Hell
were all beholden to the ruling Class.
"This new-day Teddy Roosevelt", some say/
"can only reach high office through great luck".
Eschewing country clubs, and pay-to-play,
he challenges our Youth to give a fuck. 
The WallStreet bankers Hilary gave voice
now fuel an "Independent" Adams run.
Predictably, big corporations' choice
defends the way their sweetheart deals get done.
The pendulum's excursion so far Right
now falters in one growing pool of light.