Each voice important, each vote counts,maybe not for president with that pesky electoral
college, but here at home,
where mayors can win by just a few
filled-in bubbles
on the ballot, destinies are changed because
someone stayed home with a cold, or forgot
to mail in the absentee ballot or got a phone call
on voting day (like in one county)
reminding folks to head to the polls tomorrow,
a day late and a dollar short,
a phrase whose origin no one seems to know.
Just like who will be our mayor:
First woman, or first black?
Just a few votes apart, first he's ahead,
now she is. A polarized community
waits to see which half had less people
who decided not to vote at all.
(c) Ellen Gillette, 2012
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