On Consolation
Hillary, Hillary,
I rival your sadness with empathy,
Well-meaning lost traveler on sympathy's path.
Compromise wasn't easy at first, laying down
Youthful hopes in the face of impossible odds.
Stripped of vigor, a bureaucrat is formed -
Freshly buffed and barcoded.
When aspirations turn to lax inclinations,
Hope's aperture wanes.
Hillary, when he broke the deal, Hillary,
When he broke the seal Hillary and robbed you
Of humor.
When he did this, to press on or back out, Hillary?
To grit teeth