Dear Editor,

Creep Show

Have you noticed just how creepy
And beyond bad-hair-day bad
That a candidate appears
In their opponent’s TV ad?

They’re so blurry they look eerie
Like some ill-intentioned ghost
With a face that could be taken
For a piece of old milk toast

They appear not to be human
But the star of a bad dream
One where zombies crawl out of the grave
You know the ones I mean

And their lips move without speaking
As if they could be perhaps
Just a bunch of ghoulish dummies
Sitting on ventriloquist’s laps

Yet although they get my trigger finger
Tickling the remote
At least when I change the channel
I somehow feel I’ve had a vote!

Carol Smith
West Seattle