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The Outcome of the Primaries

So after the excitement fades, We end up with the norm: Both candidates are regulars Who say they're for reform.

Calvin Trillin

March 16, 2000

So after the excitement fades, We end up with the norm: Both candidates are regulars Who say they’re for reform.

Well, maybe both have seen the light And understand now why The flow of money must be stanched. And maybe pigs can fly.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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