dubya

Mark David Tristan Brenchley mdtb at st-andrews.ac.uk
Tue Feb 27 09:16:28 CST 2001



On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Poetry Provider wrote:

> MAKE THE PIE HIGHER
> by George W. Bush
> 
> I think we all agree,
> the past is over.
> 
> This is still a dangerous world.
> It's a world of madmen
> And uncertainty
> And potential mental losses.
> 
> Rarely is the question asked
> Is our children learning?
> Will the highways of
> the internet
> Become more few?
> How many hands
> Have I shaked?
> 
> They misunderestimate me.
> I am a pitbull on the pantleg
> of opportunity.
> I know that the human being
> and the fish
> Can coexist.
> Families is where our nation
> Finds hope,
> Where our wings take dream.
> 
> Put food on you family!
> Knock down the tollbooth!
> Vulcanize Society!
> Make the pie higher!
> Make the pie higher!
> Major league.
> 
> 
> 
> There was no poetry at the U.S. presidential inaugural January 20. The 
> Washington Post stepped into the void on Sunday. The following poem is 
> composed entirely of actual
> quotes from George W., arranged by Post writer Richard Thompson
> 
> all semblance of intelligence has been dubbed out
> 
> poem kindly provided by tim maguire
> 
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