Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Inauguration Day Thoughts

Hilary Clinton smiling, waving, shaking hands, eyes set permanently wide in surprise!, all the while holding Bill’s hand: she needs an Oscar, not the Presidency

Upon seeing Dick Cheney wheeled down the hall and out the door: Ze Doomsday Machine! Why did you keep it a secret?

Barack Obama walks out of the darkness into the frozen day, lets slip a toothy boy’s grin: God Bless America

Homophobe Rick Warren peaching live on TV while Gene Robinson--whappens to be brave enough to be OUT of the closet--addressed God and the crowd of 500,000 in front of the Lincoln Memorial the day before: I thought they chose the gay to balance the bigot...

Elizabeth Alexander's weak start to a weaker poem: the sound of 2 million TVs all turned off at once

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