the silence is golden strategy

the candidate

is fox smart.

though slightly rabid.

there is already enough

of her crazy talk

and cackling

online to fill an ocean,

so she knows, that if she never gives

another impromptu

interview,

or has a debate

or talks off script, then no

one will

really know

who she is,

or how dumb she is.

maybe they'll forget the last

four years

of incoherent rambling.

silence is golden,

her team

tells her.

let's ride it out.

get in the basement,

let us wrap your head

and mouth

in duct tape,

and then maybe,

just maybe,

we might actually win.