accentuate the positive

kerry clowning
left them frowning
when his joke
made them choke

it wasn't only troops who tended
to account themselves offended
even his own party's candidates
cancelled kerry's campaign dates

which only helps us to remember
tensions rise with each november

we should know to be averse
to pointing out which side is worse
and to try instead to show
the good in us that you should know