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Nixon Revised by Cretan Maineiac

10/6/2008 9:09:01 AM
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Cretan Maineiac
(April 29,1961 / Lewiston, ME USA)
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Nixon Revised
 
  'They look at him (JFK) , ' he once mused, 'and
see their
Hopes, ' and lent us

Amtrak (subsidized mediocrity)
Cambodia (illegal invasion)
Affirmative Action (legalized racism)
Wage & Price Freeze (creative marketing) &
Watergate (exalted muck-raking) , phoned

Neil and Buzz bounding about
a bid dead rock, in
keeping w/ JFK's promise- on

our dime- & a Tax Hike that

financed Mr. Johnson's war, also on our
dime, shook
hands w/ Elvis the king, Gerald Ford &

Chairman Mao.

'They look at me, ' he said, 'and
see
their
Fears.'

In 1994 he met the
judgment
that awaits us all & waits for no one.

'No one will ever write a
Book about my
mother, ' he said, 'and

my Mother was a saint.'

Cretan Maineiac


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Sue Ann Simar (4/18/2008 8:49:00 AM)
I like how this begins and ends with a quote and the last quote carries the poem off the page.
Peter Stavropoulos (8/2/2007 6:28:00 AM)
Loved the ending, my mother was a saint too. Tricky Dicky puts forward a strong argument. I think Camelot was overated.

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