At a Loss for Words -- For a While

This has been a tough week. But as a new week begins, and I come to grips in my mind with what the next four years hold, I am proud to post here an original piece of poetry that my 13-year-old stepdaughter wrote for her English class. I think she did an excellent job. The class had to describe a person, and the rest of the class will guess who it is. Can you figure it out?

Illinois woman gives birth to a country boy
Father nicknames him Dutch
Grandson of Irish Catholics
He is baptized as a Disciple of Christ

He broadcasts football
Soon signs with Warner Brothers
Fifth most popular star of the younger generation
Ladies love him

 

Becomes Governor of California
Balances the budget
Everybody loves him

The economy collapses
The nation looks for help
They elect him as commander in chief
 

Second term
"Morning in America"
Landslide
All but Minnesota

Death comes upon a great leader
Every one misses the country boy
The man who changed the world

Would that we had him back again . . . 

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