Politicians Having their Cake

Having their Cake and Eat It Too Writers’ Cramp

Politicians often try
To have their cake
And eat it too

Running around
Throwing gasoline
On the political fires.

Igniting the culture wars
Then acting “shocked.”
that anyone.

Would carry out
Acts of political violence
Based on their overheated rhetoric

Offering useless thoughts and prayers
Shedding copious crocodile tears
The dead don’t care, they are merely ghosts.


NEW PROMPT: Tomorrow, November 26, is National Cake Day. Write a story or poem about someone who tries to eat their cake and have it too.