A villanelle on vetting a new supreme court candidate
The Whole Circus Has Come to Town
With all the familiar clowns

The whole circus has come to town Their banners and posters and games With all the familiar clowns They chant those old slogans aloud They banter and bluster and rail The whole circus has come to town
They gather the children around Spin fables and old fairy tales With all the familiar clowns
Bright colors and hairdos astound Their markers and drawings and frames The whole circus has come to town
Puppets on platforms abound And stilted men enter the fray With all the familiar clowns
Twist the pretzels and meanings and sounds Fill their mouths with unquenchable flames The whole circus has come to town With all the familiar clowns
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