(with apologies to T. S. Eliot)
ANOTHER WASTELAND (July 15) —
IV
The “Ayes” are now there
The “Nays” nowhere
In this wallow of follow Tsars
In this swampy hollow
This broken law of freedom lost
In this the last Congress
Which ends forever
They declare Him divine
Then shameless, slither home
Brainless, useless
They'll ne'er reappear
In Washington
In the Rose Garden
Of the gilded Gold House
These dead
Congressmen.
Tuesday: Part II
Yesterday: Part III
Friday: Part the Last