Calvin Trillin: Deadline poet
We’ve spent a month of this campaign
In trying daily to explain
The steady rise of Herman Cain.
Through willingness to risk a strain
In every muscle of the brain,
We’ve laid out all we can think germane
To help the public ascertain
Why Cain consistently can pain
(Despite some charge, a moral stain)
Support that doesn’t seem to wane,
No matter how we all complain
That thinkin voters might ordain
For Cain a four-year White House reign
Is truly–to be blunt-insane.
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So far, our work has been in vain.
The Nation (11/28/11)