Mr. Ahmadinejad Poem by gershon hepner

Mr. Ahmajinedad,
world leader with the creepiest smile,
did not count each hanging chad,
and therefore doesn't hear Sieg Heil
as often as the Great Dictator,
who, like him, knew how to beguile
the masses, though he used a greater
shtick, and had a lot more style,
with fashionable smart uniforms,
and Maedchen, who though they were vile,
would adulate in sensuous swarms
their hero, and in single file
march to his orders. Ahmajin-
edad has less success, but while
he's more opposed to sex and sin
there's no way to bring him to trial.

Inspired by Clyde Haberman's description of Mahmoud Ahmajineda as 'not exactlya beacon for democracy' and 'front-runner for the title of world leader with the creepiest smile' ('In the 7th Inning, Stretch, Sure, but Don't Move, ' NYT, July 10,2009) .

7/10/09