-Wendell and the egg-

“A horses’ tail is nice and silky,

Lift it up and you’ll see Willkie”

This gem of comic, political opposition 

Was posted in good-humor during
The presidential campaign between
Wendell Willkie

And Franklin D. Roosevelt
In the year of their Lord, 1940.

“He’s not an American like you and me.”

This entry was sown, then cultivated
Before an audience of deep southern adherents
By the Republican Vice Presidential

Nominee Sarah Palin, referring to the Democratic
Presidential nominee, Barack Obama 

In the year of her, and her mobs’ Lord, 2008.

The disparities between the two entries
Are instructive.

I’ve read that Wendell was smart
And usually of good heart. But

He was also funny-looking, chubby
And somewhat awkward.

But Sarah’s got legs

And the gathered pant over them
As they prance skirt-over-knee
Entering stage left to the far-right’s din.

There was nothing to pant on
In Wendell’s persona.

But a thought is advanced which serves
To close this historical political thriller:

Wendell, during a campaign engagement
Was bopped in the head by a raw egg
Tossed with great accuracy by someone
In the crowd.

But Sarah’s legs are silky,— 
As is the tail at the ass of the horse.