Sunday Miscellany: How to Lose An Election, by Kathleen O'Meara

The boxes will open at nine to sort the votes,

In a sports hall big enough to count a county.

Tally teams will gather early, clipboards at the ready,

Leaning over railings, necks craning, scanning papers.

A serious concentrated quiet will descend.

Your life is being decided...

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