“Reversing Vance”

A fictive metrical satire re: V.P. candidate Vance’s staggering Trump turnabout. 

 

Need it done right the first try?

J.D. Vance is not your guy.

 

Best plan appears in plain sight.

Vance still can’t advance it right.

 

Enthusiastic start intents.

End as failed derailed descents.

 

Back and forth, from “A” to “D”.

Clear best choice: “E: None of these.”

 

Claims denied re: warranties.

For replacing worn escape keys.

 

 

Even with an even chance.

Vance can’t find a winning stance.

 

Elevator wait stand plan?

Closest to last one to land.

 

Forward park or back it in?

Space on both sides ends too thin.

 

Entry try by charging bull. 

A push that should’ve been a pull.

 

Self-checkout or the cashier?

Resulting wait time’s more severe.

 

Microwave time box side found?

On the ninth time turned around.

 

Back and forth reversed wigwags.

That’s Vance sliding Ziploc bags. 

 

Pos or neg inserted first?

Vance’s choice?  Always reversed.

 

Single press or press and hold?

Vance can’t avoid shut-down mode.

 

Flash drive inserts gone awry.

Still flipping after his fifth try.

 

 

Been lots of speculation.

Cause of his vacillation?

 

Consensus is deep dive will find.

Anomalies re: state of mind.

 

What’s spurring his change of heart?

All his misfires and false starts?

 

Forethought fails?  Scarce insight?

Panic when not black and white?

 

Innate first try disincline

To do more than exalt bright line?

 

Compulsion rush to conclusion

          Causing acute confusion?

 

Thoughts derailed by tendency

To fantasy ascendancy?

Ascertain his legacy?

Perplexing propensity?

Obsessed with publicity?

Inclining duplicity?

Rationales deceptively?

Discounting complexity?

Scant self-reflectivity?

Sees weakness in civility?

Revocation specialty?

Compromised integrity?

Induced by celebrity?

 

Big Decision Disorder?

Stuck which way on the border?

 

Feeling need to be seen strong?

Regardless if he’s right or wrong?

 

Fear of failure and mistakes?

Causing Vance to slam the brakes?

 

Could be something else instead.

But one thing can for sure be said.

 

As with Vance, the very worst.

Is switching from what was right first.

 

“If I have to create stories …  then that’s what I’m going to do … ”

    JD Vance on CNN, Sept 5, 2024

 

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