Leap day

I didn't plan on writing anything about the election. I wrote it anyway.

Every four years

We get one of these.

It coincides

With electing a new president

Except

At the turn of the century.

Every four years

We need an extra day

To help get our calendar

Back in order

With the sun

With the seasons

Except

At the turn of the century.

Sometimes it seems

We need more than an extra day

To tackle

What’s before us

What’s behind us.

It’s all a figment

Anyway,

The way we count days

And years

Even seasons.

This year

We elect a new president.

We need more

Than an extra day.