Presser

Presser

 

I am standing before you,

Doing what I can do,

Though a myriad of things

Need my attention.

You want things to get through,

That’s all fine and yet, boo,

It’s that my crew,

Is counting on my dissension.

 

It’s not that I don’t understand,

It’s just I have to play this hand,

Get some more clicks on my name.

I’m not here to get things done,

I’m just tryin’ to get me sum,

Sportive politics is my game.

 

 

Let me get the public ear.

As your rep I must make clear:

I don’t have a lot to say,

And I say it every day.

I’m not clean but I am mean,

There’s so much in these halls to glean.

I don’t have much good to say,

And I say it every day.

 

Now there’s a thing I may have done,

Done in front of everyone,

That’s why I may need, you know,

To beg some grace.

Perhaps I may have spent an hour,

To delay the pass of power,

Don’t you pay heed, no,

Just look at this face.

 

I do a lot of nothing,

My speeches mostly stuffing,

And my pockets

Get their stuffing too.

Watch me as I wrangle,

For the best camera angle,

All the better

To let my fluffing spew.

 

Let me get the public ear.

As your rep I must make clear:

I don’t have a lot to say,

And I say it every day.

I’m not clean but I am mean,

There’s much in these halls to glean.

I don’t have much good to say,

And I say it every day.

 

Cliff Lake 11/21/2023

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