low grade fever

the woods
have election fever.
but it's a low grade
fever, hardly
moving
the numbers.
you see a raccoon
holding up
a red sign
for his candidate,
bored and looking
at his long nails.
a squirrel
in a blue sweater
is on a limb
about to jump
to another limb,
but she can't decide
which one.
everything changes,
and everything
stays the same,
it's getting
harder and harder
to get excited
about things
these days.