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Trumbull Political Ode: 'A Poem on GOP Gerrymandering'
Trumbull's new districts took effect during the August primary.
"WHERE DO I VOTE?
A Poem on GOP Gerrymandering"
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Carol Hudak
Gerry is meandering,
all throughout the town . . .
Looking for his voting place,
Up each street and down.
"Someone please tell me,
where do I vote?"
Alas - the secret's hidden -
Behind the Town Hall moat.
"Shouldn't they send each of us,
a special reminder or two?
Maybe even 3 or 4 . . .
Votings kind-of-an important
thing to do."
Gerry huffed and he puffed,
as he trudged up Churchill Rd. . . .
"This really isn't funny,
I'm 88 years old!"
"Why, oh, why,
has my voting booth been changed?
It's been in the same place for decades,
Why was it suddenly re-arranged?"
Gerry mused, as he meandered,
about the state of things in town . . .
The conclusions he arrived at,
made him seriously frown . . .
"The GOP Town Council
should shoulder all the blame . . .
For playing power politics,
They're in the Hall of Shame!"
And like don Quixote,
Gerry's still on a quest . . .
To find his gerrymandered voting place,
Before his final rest.
P.S.
One could hear Gerry call,
As he meandered out of sight . . .
"WHERE DO I VOTE???????
Tell me, please, before 8pm, on voting night!!"
