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Counsel For Candidates
Cultivate the artistry of the wink and grin,
While flouncing yourself boisterously, spin
Your smarmy mawkish yarns festooned with gew
Gaws, spout unceasingly your ballyhoo.
With broo hah hah and doo-wop learn to squawk
Out all the jeremiads and the double talk
Your mind can manage while jogging in place,
Start smiling out of the back of your face.
Chuckle up your sleeve, play tit for tat,
Snicker into your arm-pit, or for that
Matter, anywhere off-camera, but never
Bite the hand that signs the checks, not ever.
Practice back-pedaling, beating round the Bush,
Speaking in tongues, when shove must come to push,
And certain as the sycophantic moon so bright,
Plays to a half-lit house of stars November nights,
With accolades and kudos you'll be dressed,
Met with recognition and largesse,
And best of all proud candidate, Oh yes,
Invested with office and bathed in lights!
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