10/22/08 Put Out Your Flags!

There are a lot of reasons to dislike election time,
but I like to use this time to get to know my neighbors,
since I'll probably never actually talk to any of them.
Put out your flags and let me see who's side you're on!

Months from now I will be huffing and puffing and
trying to remember which was the house with 4 McCain signs again?
Hmm, that's funny, it's a really cute house. Who knew?

I will remember the flip flopper over on 3rd Street,
the one up on Mandan that seemed so damned adamant
about the outcome of the race for state auditor.

I read more into these political yard signs than I should
because this is all I've got. I'm a one-banana monkey here.
And this is my only chance to feel connected to these strangers
in my community, however briefly and however mistakenly.