The election is on the offense.The fascination is awfully intense.With rumor rife,Amid real strife,Implications it seems are immense.I’d really like to not look.I’d rather read an absorbing book,But like a moth to flameI can’t resist the game.I’m a sucker fish caught on a hook.“Why do I bother?” I natter.Nothing I do will matter.The overweeningDrive-Bys are preeningTheir feathers with nary a tatter.But whenever the excitement’s kaput,Suddenly the game’s afoot!On rumor we’ll sup.Our antennae are up,Our stars again covered in soot.Hollywood could never hope to inventA movie with such enthrallment rent.Mimi Evans Winship(Read Full Post)