The Capitol Follies

Another Monday, the overture begins The talking heads are sharpening their pins A 'breaking story' that we've heard before Another tweet that slams a closing door They promise progress with a practiced smile Then filibuster in the center aisle They're holding hearings on a minor slight While bigger problems vanish overnight! A spokesperson swore that black was truly white He said it twice to prove that he was right! The other side convened a press affair To show profound and deep, dramatic care! A bill was named for something clean and grand That gives tax breaks to buy up all the land

They contradict the thing they said at noon Beneath a baffled, weary afternoon moon! Oh, is this the scene we have to play? Did someone write these crazy lines today? It's farce and tragedy in equal share With half the cast just pulling out their hair! We're belting high C's but we don't know the score We can't believe we're doing this once more! It's the Friday Finale, a political revue And honestly, we haven't got a clue! My neighbor's yelling at the TV screen The pundits analyze a coded meme My timeline's filled with caps-lock, righteous dread Did you see what the chairman's cousin said?

We're fact-checking a fact-check from the source While on the Hill, they stay a different course They're shouting 'Order!' with a gavel's crack Then wink and pose for one more photo stack! Wait, pause the music, stop the frantic dance Did this all happen by some cosmic chance? Is there a plot? A point we're meant to find? Or have we left all narrative behind? A single voice asks, 'What's my motivation?' To save, or just survive, this frantic nation? Oh, is this the scene we have to play? Did someone write these crazy lines today? It's farce and tragedy in equal share With half the cast just pulling out their hair!

We're belting high C's but we don't know the score We can't believe we're doing this once more! It's the Friday Finale, a political revue And honestly, we haven't got a clue!