Remember the Republicans?

Of course we do - and, as well

we should! Admittedly, like Re-

né Lacoste's merry crocodile,

they've changed hands and fac-

tories of origin so plentifully

now, it's a wonder when they

manage to devour a human right,

anymore. But we are, we promise,

we are going to discuss voting

rights, wherein they continue 

to strike such an ingeniously

exclusive profile. But, events

plague their mind, they sulk so

pitiably, it hardly seems sport-

ing to account for them today.

They've hoisted themselves a

candidate whose parody of the

crocodile has all but chomped

their beaten breast of its point.

He's taken their rapture in arch

patriotism and turned it into a

roster of blackballs. He's taken

their embodiment of bluster and

touted every dictator he can re-

member, from the self-effacing

privity of his tax returns.

To their mind, in short, he's

compromising the brand. But, no.

He enacts the crocodile's adap-

tive indifference to mentality.

Statistics of size foil hopes 

for his fidelity at every turn.

Pressures mount, to designate

an agile courier of reprimand.

Any moment, now, he's bound to

blurt out what everyone knows.

And then where shall they be?

Drew Hanley

Assouline Publishing

Maurice Prendergast

South Boston Pier

1896