Bye Ku for Eric Swalwell

With the customary hat tip to James Taranto, its popularizer, I offer a bye-ku - a haiku of farewell - to Congressman Eric Swalwell. He today became the first announced aspirant to drop out of the race for the Democratic nomination for president. He will instead run for reelection to the House.

You could not stand out

In a posse of boring

Mediocrities.

I anticipate writing at least 18 more of these parting shots.