A MODEST PROPOSAL (WITH APOLOGIES TO SWIFT)

Perhaps we should be sacrificing,

As did the Indians, a child *

In hopes that when we’re finished slicing

A candidate who would have filed

As nominee in this election

Will tremble at our vivisection.

Then we might get some candidates

Who keep their word in their debates.

I claim this is a good proposal:

Who ends up as our nominee

Will really be our employee.

If not, then s/he’s at our disposal,

Providing s/he’s free of disease . . .

But now to take RSVP’s.

*An article in Huff Post titled “Indian Police Arrest 2 Men For Sacrificing Child” inspired this post.