If She (Hillary) Is Iconic
she’ll stay in the game of politics (and life)
and why shouldn’t she so prettied up strutting her smarts
her voice melodious not monotonic as before
almost fluid like the velvet hairbands girls once wore
recently she’s either channeled past lives developed
her people’s ear or decided ex-Wellesley girls
and former First Ladies can drop the endings of their words
as in “knowin what yul’al goin thro” when
“talkin” to coal miners. Surely I can’t be the only one noticing
these changes I mean she’s so lovely from the waist up on TV
she reminds me of nuns who swath their bodies in long black cloths
yet show a curvaceous nape of neck or an extended palm of hand
she’s transparent like a butterfly trying to be a sphinx
the boys must figure out should she adjust her fan or tune her words
tighter she’s the queen of cards the ‘08 deal breaker
who decides when and where to lay her hand
maybe smile like Alice before the fall before she sprouts back up 8 ft. tall.
M.
