Deadline Poet / November 28, 2023

Mike Pence Ends His Presidential Campaign

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He wouldn’t validate a Trumpist coup.
His status as an enemy was cinched.
In cults, disloyalty’s the mortal sin.
He’s lucky he avoided being lynched.

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