But the Great 2000 election controversy is so big that a bunch of all-star poets have come out of retirement to quickly set the story to rhyme.
For starters, history buff Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
Listen, my children, don't dare ignore
Edgar Allen Poe is his usual gloomy self:
Once upon a campaign dreary, one which left us weak and weary
Could there be another election with such a case of misdirection, yet
fraught with tension to the core? Quoth the ravers, "Nevermore."
Britain's Edward Lear's limerick is lighter:
There once was a U.S. election
Ditto Ogden Nash:
I regret to admit that all my knowledge is
Joyce Kilmer's a media analyst:
I thought that I would never see
Walt Whitman is lyrical, as always:
O' Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip's not done
Alfred Noyes rhythmically rumbles:
And still of an autumn night they say, with the White House on the line,
Dr. Seuss takes a look at election officials:
I cannot count them in a box.
Clement Moore adopts a holiday theme:
'Twas the month before Christmas, when all through the courts,
Which leaves the problem:
Perhaps the best way to stop complaints that are raucous is
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