She runs for President
investing less carbon footprint and dollars
than did her rival residents.
He invests his Stone Soup platform
with organic roots of cooperative intent
inviting us to share both what we have too much
and what we need to fully inform
this robust synergetic stewing function
into nutritionally enriching form.
She runs her Campaign mornings
like my favorite family meetings,
where we take time explaining what we appreciate
before complaining about what seems less adorning
not so much greeting
karmic grace of co-responsibility,
nonviolent justice perhaps
but not full-bodied active peace.
He listens with integrity
to mirror our collective synergy,
redirecting from blame and shame
to what these might teach us
about our together potential
toward Beloved Community’s gainful claim to fame.
She balances her household budget
and listens thoughtfully and joyfully to her kids
encouraging even better questions
for us to think about together,
before she runs a race
toward issues we have only faced
with competitive dispowering assumptions.
He does not accept a party,
declines a nomination,
for any platform designed to win this race alone.
What good a solo success
not everyone can win together?
Tearing down ideas and reputations
are heinous abominations
within his dream of racing toward sustained success together.
Why accept painful loss
when grace is as ubiquitous as sunshine
for those whose flights transcend the night
and clouds of dark-tempered competition?
She buys no votes
from any generation
that will be paid for by the following six
with exponential loss and waste anticipation.
He invests his evenings and weekends
in his family presence
whether dining in or out.
It takes a village to raise a child
and it takes a tribe of families
to raise a global nation
investing presence wisdom.
She helps us comprehend
double Not Lose ecologic,
neither wasting now or future,
or past lessons,
equals Win-Win economics.
He finds her issues
coincidentally regenerative
with his priorities
when they both turn
toward mutually mentoring development
of wise sustainable choices.