The Candidate - Flashback to 2012

I was not born with 

A silver spoon

He said

Eyes glinting

As a creeping 

Smile slid

Across his political

Face.

We lived in a 

Basement apartment

Like regular folks

She said

Stepping out of a

60s sitcom

All fluffy and 

Full of lace

As is right

For a woman 

Who knows

Her place.

They said

We had to live

On returns from

Investments

It was hard

We even got

Regular haircuts

And ate at McDonalds'

Unless daddy and mommy

Took us out

Or gave us money

For the rent.

So, we know all about

You poor folks

Struggling to

Pay the bills

And feed the kids

With college ahead

We suggest you

Get money from 

Your folks and

Live in a tent.

And when you 

Get old

Become a Mormon

Mormons take care

Of one another

By piling up money

And stowing it

Away for a 

Rainy day

And Mormons 

Don't need 

No government.

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