Life can be stretched across the calendar,
A parade of appointments and anniversaries:
Years reduce to singularities and
We sense seasons in their debris while
The days cycle from work to rest.

The candidate isn’t perfect.
I’ll admit, he’s better than the alternative,
But I shouldn’t have to compromise.

vote.

Congratulations on your new government!
May I be the first to say that fascism really suits you!

It can’t get any worse—just July and ready to skip straight to Auld Lang Syne.
Imagine a whole decade of this;
Imagine centuries.