In every presidential election since 1992, the poet and literary troublemaker Sparrow has mounted a quixotic campaign for president. A frequent Sun contributor — most recently “Sparrow’s Guide to Meditation” [January 2020] — he often sends us an account of his election-year triumphs and follies. This is the seventh such “campaign diary” we have printed.
The pandemic has made Sparrow’s 2020 effort quieter than before. Instead of delivering campaign addresses from a soapbox, he tweets seventeen-word aphorisms. But Sparrow’s message has remained essentially the same: under no circumstances should anyone vote for him.
