The Two Party System [by Walter Carey]

The Republicans are like
a drowning man
who pulls down
his rescuer thinking
he's pulling him to safety

and the Dems are like
the girl on the shore
who pulls down
her boy-cut hipsters
when no one's watching

-- Walter Carey

 

Comments

[Brian Flowers]

May I ask what the illustration has to do with the poem?

[Walter Carey]

You're kidding, right?

[Barbara Major]

Actually I think Brian's point is that there is an asymmetry here inasmuch as only one stanza is imaged, the second, which invokes a mere stereotype to counter the critical "thrust" of the part dealing with the Republicans. Note that the Republicans are depicted as active men even if homocidal / suicidal while the Democrats are moronized like a Sports Illustrated cover girl.