As I awoke this morning, welcomed quiet filled the air

The campaigns all were over and no longer did I care

If Gregoire was for income tax or Rossi owned a bank

Whether Burner went to Harvard or if Joe the Plumber drank

Obama could be GOP, McCain a Democrat

King Kong a playful chimpanzee and Lassie just a cat

The only thing that mattered, was I now could watch TV

Without some ad, about how bad, the other guy might be

Those tasteless barbs no longer would, from dawn to setting sun

Run back to back relentlessly, as more attacks were spun

Aside from spending far too much, as nobler causes fell

Their total lack of wit or worth, a shallow tale did tell

The pundits faired no better, than those running, I suppose

Overanalyzing forecasts, and the price of Palin's clothes

While the pollsters never ceased their dreary quest to calculate

Who would win, by how much margin, and exactly in which state

And because they spent a fortune and ignored the high road's view

Life could hardly be much sweeter, since these campaigns now are through

Though the voting's been "done, done and done" as Shakespeare used to say

'Tis a fleeting peace we'll get, for Christmas ads are on their way