Another Four Years Poem by Donal Mahoney

You can learn a lot,
both true and false,
in a dingy all-night diner

where old men gather
at a table in back
drinking coffee

holding loud debates
for counter folk not
interested in their wisdom

amassed over many years.
The men say they don't know
who'll win the election

but they all agree
the voters must choose
between a devil they know

and a devil they don't
then live in Hades
another four years.