you have to thank a union member

she repeats

the phrase over and over in an accent

that she

uses when

talking to a particular

crowd

of people.

you have to thank a union

member

she says,

repeatedly in this new

voice.

a preacher,

she's suddenly Jesse Jackson,

Obama,

Rosa Parks,

and Martin Luther King

all wrapped

into one.

but in the next town

she'll

say it differently,

she'll calm

herself down for this

different crowd.

she'll sound

just like George Washington.

but it's politics

after all,

and you do what you can

to get the votes.