but what can you do
those other people offer you treats
but they do not believe in you
and want some impossible circus feats

just hold me –
that is all i ask
the request for my wife
my only specified task
just hold me
because we need it

now i have you,
only you, just to believe in me
and guide me to the cellar
when the inevitable storm comes

politicians were insulated from –
the consequence
of their actions and decisions
but that vote –
voted all that away
suddenly consequence was not tomorrow
it was today