The Swimmer

My politics lacks abrasive friction.

It's sparrowfarts.  That's Vonnegut I think.

He was poking fun at elite fiction.

Its dearth of wonder.  Its Ivy League wink.


I'm regulating choice of law too much.

I'm a swimmer speedoing pool to pool.

Required to carry a glass and a crutch.

Radically constrained.  Bound by my own rule.


I'm deeply wedded to democracy.

And, bigamously, to the U.S.A.

My preaching is narrow hypocrisy.

Others have different dreams, live their own way.


Choice of law must include what I oppose.

Let me not have too delicate a nose.







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