“The public?
“The public!
“You keep bleating ‘the public’!
“What are the public for?
“Don’t be a bore; just show them the door;
“Cease repeating ‘the public’!
“Re-‘public’ no more!”

The literati agree
The glitterati are free
To do all which all would abhor.

But the bitterati vote.
(A term you may quote —
For it cuts very nearly to the core):

Rough voters, these,
Tough to appease.
Their dis-ease is worse than the cure.