I was not really sure if this could be posted here, but I figured it was worthwhile... I figured fellow political junkies might appreciate it
Watching polls
To choose batting order
Looking carefully as
Free Agents
And independents signal
Their willingness to switch
Sides
Spending hours
Scrutinizing
Every performance
Maneuver, gesture and action
Fast forwarding
Rewinding
Checking the 6 o’clock news
For the latest recap
Looking carefully for embarrassing
Dives or falls
To embellish and report
Analyzing
The headlines
Picking apart the partisan fallacies
Wearing Buttons or pins
Signaling the preferred athlete or team
Shouting aggressively and passionately
Certain of the opponent’s falsity
Egging on the opposition
In some mad rivalry
Whose roots are forgotten
As the issues at heart
Are lost
Inside the veneer of Victory
And defeat
Each seat a step closer
To the title
Heisman trophy
Stanley cup
Speaker of the house
President of the United States