I sometimes have a Gorey moment
wondering what could have been
if the hanging chads
hadn’t hung,
or if Gore had hung up
his gentleman’s suit
and cried “Fraud”
as loudly as Trump was to do.
No hate to fuel 9/11,
no war in Iraq,
perhaps
the end
of history
would be nigh
as Fukuyama predicated,
existing divisions becoming
historic
and no new ones
created.
With more Gore less blood
would be spilled.
There would be no Bush fires burning
the sun would be shining
but without its intensity,
the storms would be still
and the world would be stable.
It was hanging by a thread
and we missed it
missed the chance
to grasp those chads
hanging.