Episode V of "Election '08," a series of spoken word works by Mike Varley covering the 2008 campaign. A new entry every Sunday with free mp3 downloads at mikevarley.com.

On Gerry Ferraro

Reporting from the corner of California, a character anomaly is found in the words of Gerry Ferraro. Only Kristen and Spitzer saved her -- they bronzed the Jersey Girl mold after they made that one.

Gerry Ferraro, what was your intent? To cast thought seeds on the American public? Hey, if it sways some people, maybe time will judge you a visionary feminist. Maybe you can get some sort of post in Hillary's second term, after the public will is crushed by deceitful incumbency, of course. Somewhere around the sixth year.

In nearly every Presidency, there is a moment where the public groans and throws its attention to the nearest valid November, looking for hope they tell themselves will never come, fearing the pain of letdown. Gerry, you can be that moment! That forgotten moment in history that back doors you into the textbooks.

We are the music makers, Geraldine Ferraro. We are the dreamers of ludicrous, hypothetical dreams. One man with a hope could conquer the crown, but three songs of your measure could trample him down.