one overhead light

cold rain driven
in doors dark room
one overhead light
watching the clowns debate
a year from any selection
and who really cares I say
everyone of them is going to continue
war on multiple fronts
if not more so none of them will
get my vote cold rain
can be heard on the street
in the wind on the glass
keeping it warmer inside
clock still chimes
every fifteen but seem
to only notice it at night
sometimes in the pre-dawn
bathroom break from sleep
hear it then too
and the clowns continue
to go back and forth...