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Poetry Haiku by Andrew Reading #96 Huff Andrew

Democratically Vetted Haiku

  • Andrew Huff

Andrew Huff

11 Aug 2016
Haiku by Andrew

The parties' national conventions were on Andrew's mind as we got to the Aug. 2, 2016 edition of Tuesday Funk.

The Republican
National Convention
was all negative.

The Democratic
National Convention
presented some hope.

Belief in science
should not be controversial.
And yet here we are.

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