And Then There Was One

After months of debating,

Name-calling, and the like,

One GOP candidate's

Popularity hit a spike.

 

All of the other candidates

Dropped out of the race

With tails between their legs

Or a little egg on the face.

 

The remaining GOP candidate

Is Donald T. Trump.

All along people thought

His popularity would slump.

 

How he made it this far

Despite inglorious attacks

On women, Latinos, and Muslims

Amazes me to the max.

 

His pompous and egotistical

Comments take the cake.

A misogynist and xenophobe:

What a president he'd make!

 

Many top Republicans

Don't even trust the man.

(Though one of the losing candidates

Is now his biggest fan.)

 

To the baffled people of other

Countries it’s unclear

How Trump became so popular

And what is happening here.

 

Trump’s now softening his tone

To woo those who eschew him--

An attempt a bit too late,

For people can see right through him.

 

A climate of fear and anger

And a path we soon would regret:

If that's what Americans want,

That's what they're going to get.

 

(5-5-16)