Arguably the most significant poem of the 20th century was Hugh MacDiarmid's 1926 work A Drunk Man Looks At The Thistle. Check it out if you're Scottish, otherwise look for a translation! Here's 100 words in a similar vein on Trump v Clinton. I suppose you could even sing it...
You say Trumpet, I say Claxon
You say she’s crooked!, I say he’s poison,
Trumpet, claxon,
Crooked, poison,
Oh let’s call the whole thing off!
You say Repubican, I say Democrat
You say she’s evil, I say he’s malignant,
Republican, Democrat,
Evil, Malignant
Oh let’s call the whole thing off!
Oh but if we call the whole thing off
We must start again
And anyway four years from now
We’ll be singing the same refrain
So you say elephant, I say donkey
You say rodent, I say monkey
Elephant, donkey
Rodent, monkey,
Sadly – we can’t call the whole thing off!
You say she’s crooked!, I say he’s poison,
Trumpet, claxon,
Crooked, poison,
Oh let’s call the whole thing off!
You say Repubican, I say Democrat
You say she’s evil, I say he’s malignant,
Republican, Democrat,
Evil, Malignant
Oh let’s call the whole thing off!
Oh but if we call the whole thing off
We must start again
And anyway four years from now
We’ll be singing the same refrain
So you say elephant, I say donkey
You say rodent, I say monkey
Elephant, donkey
Rodent, monkey,
Sadly – we can’t call the whole thing off!
