I'll bring the marshmallows

Joe Biden gives Liz Warren a great foil
to show how corporations write "our" code.
This smiling astroturfed son of the soil
tracks every donor and how much they're owed.
The White House taunts him, coyly out of reach
so patiently, this Boy Scout waits "his turn"!
Professor Warren's prepped and primed to teach
a lesson he'll be crestfallen to learn.
The on-shore haven corporations use
assured their government has got their backs
is Delaware, where peons pay their dues
while corporations there shirk laws, and tax.
The CHANGE Americans need, this time 'round
is more than voting out one venal clown.

transparency

Pete Buttigieg speaks less than half his mind
expounding narrative, not policy.
He'll freely speak of what he's left behind,
but what's ahead's not there for us to see.
Obama's "looking forward, and not back"
precluded prosecuting anyone.
But mayor Pete's unbothered that we lack
clue-one of what he thinks ought to be done.
"I'm smart; just trust me" won't cut any ice
when Warren's program's all lined up to roll.
This contest must not be just who sounds nice;
our planet's future's riding on this poll.
'Though youthful candidates get fawning fuss,
the bankers' fav'rites just don't work for us.

Centrism

Pete Buttigieg advances our discourse
of what's meant by a "proud American".
In SouthBend, or projecting Naval Force,
he's risen to the leadership of men.
But where he stands on issues isn't clear;
he'd rather feed us narrative and charm.
He never makes the points I'm poised to hear;
some donors, he's reluctant to alarm.
To save our system from its own excess--
as Teddy Roosevelt did in his time--
unless we break some eggs, we can't redress
two parties hostage to ongoing crime.
Conservatives assure us we love Pete,
but status quo's a ticket to defeat.

reset

Our country's hostage to the Donald's cult;
no normal politics will bring him down.
Our Founding Fathers planned for an adult
but couldn't have foreseen this puerile clown.
The nightmare demagogue that they foresaw
might raid the Treasury to purchase friends.
But Trump's contemptuous of courts of law,
corrupting policy for private ends.
Liz Warren comes, like Roosevelts before
to save our system in its time of need
from malefactors wanting ever-more
who'd tear our country down to sate their greed.
If Democrats keep peddling status quo,
they'll fade like Whigs while Workers' parties grow.

duty

Liz Warren deems that Congress must impeach
but--for her part--she's mounting a campaign.
Let others wring their hands, and strut, and preach;
her calling's to reform, not to complain.
His cavalcade of crimes leaves many numb;
corruption over-tops all precedent.
Few dreamt the voting public was so dumb
to make this preening brat "our" president.
That fickle public lurches Left, then Right.
Obama scared the oligarchic clique.
But should the Speaker fight the People's fight,
we'd prosecute this venal orange freak.
The rule of law's not lightly to be waived
if our republic's somehow to be saved.

SpecialCounsel's limits

The full report refutes Bill Barr's glib gloss;
the Special Counsel felt his hands were tied.
He had no writ to prosecute his boss,
despite strong evidence he'd bigly lied.
That Russia meddled's proven without doubt
but Putin might have done that on a whim.
As candidate, Trump didn't have the clout
to dictate KGB hitlist to him.
A race so close depended on a thread
as turnout was suppressed by foreign aid
Since Trump and Putin plainly were in bed,
who cares if Mueller can't prove Vlad got paid?
No SpecialCounsel could transcend his writ
when Mitch McConnell doesn't give a shit.

dilatory

The Europeans gave Theresa May
six month to own the letter she had sent.
A bonus, supernumerary stay
to seize the reins of her own parliament.
Bob Mercer'd spent a wad in BREXIT's cause,
and Putin blandished Britons to believe
no sov'reign nation bows to Brussels' laws
when members took a hankering to LEAVE.
Entrepreneurs hate the uncertainty.
And bankers want to know what's gonna come.
they'll take their capital, and pack and flee;
increasingly, it's clear Theresa's dumb.
In desperation, some turn to the Queen
to save us from this frightful Halloween