So I’m looking around for somebody to pray with, I just need maybe a little help, maybe a little extra, and the McCain campaign, love ’em, you know, they’re a lot of people around me, but nobody I could find that I wanted to hold hands with and pray.
–Sarah Palin, recalling the moments before her debate with Joe Biden
I look at McCain’s folks around me.
An urge to hold hands I don’t feel.
A lot of these folks are from cities.
Americans? Yes, but not real.
I’m looking for someone to pray with,
Before I go into the fray.
But half of these folks went to Harvard,
Which means that they’re probably gay.
I look at McCain’s folks around me.
I know now I’m in the wrong crowd.
For I can find no one to pray with,
And praying alone’s not allowed.
Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”