Twas the night before the election When all through the land All the pundits were spinning With projections so grand Campaign bunting was hung From the rafters with care By staffers who hoped that The choice would be clear No surrogates were nestled Anywhere close to their beds Too many visions of pollsters Were filling their heads People were glued To their TV’s all night Hoping the finish line Soon would be close or in sight The networks were frantic To fill time with their chatter About candidates some felt Were like Alice and The Mad Hatter Remotes were clicking between Each of the channels To see what was said by the Talking head panels It was dark in the East And light in the West America waited To learn who’d be best Red states and blue states With their R’s and their D’s Were counting the votes To see who’d be pleased The commercials were over No more ads would be run TV watching would return from Frustration to fun Analysts and catalysts were Whipping up their crowd Provocateurs and raconteurs Were competing to be loud Now Wolf Now Anderson Now Brokaw Now Holt On Pelley On Kelly On the bright ones And the dolts The hate and the anger The nastiness and rage Exhausted us all No matter our age Would it be him or be her We wanted to know Would it be left or be right Which way would it go Would we get gifts in our stockings Or a big hunk of coal Would our fav come up short Or would they reach for their goal Would we cheer as a nation Despite who had won Would we all come together With the new era that’s begun Will there be grace and humility Will love of country prevail Despite the hurt feelings And the pain and travail Will civility and pride Be the rule of the land So the nation can move forward With a sincere outstretched hand The campaign was contentious And some said pretentious So let’s abandon behavior That’s demeaning and licentious A new leader will be named After the last vote is in The losers will lose And the winners will win The nation’s not perfect But it’s best among others It’s time now to rejoice My sisters and brothers That power will transition Without intimidation or gun Democracy is the winner It’s freedom that’s won Let the past be the past Give the new leader a chance To start bringing us together After the last inaugural dance When the TV’s go dark And the radios are off When the last post has been posted And the last vote has been voted Sleep well America Tomorrow’s a new day The process has worked There’s no more to say. Except God bless our nation And our President-elect We can hold our heads high And stand proudly erect The peaceful transition of power Is the price that some gave So we might live peacefully In the land of the free and The home of the brave And one thing’s for sure Through the smiles and the tears We can count on doing it over In just four more years.
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