Tag Crowd is back from "fluffing their clouds" (site maintenance). That's the good news o'the day. The not-so-good news is that The Deadline Poet is back with more snark about Governor BigBoy (Chris Christie, R-NJ); will the next poem feature Bad Vlad, the Russian descamisado? It would seem that The Deadline Poet is in a loop with Governor BigBoy and Bad Vlad. It's like having a two-key piano. Perhaps a "Simple 4-Line" rhyme scheme is just right for this blog. If this is (fair & balanced) blogging with faint praise, so be it.
[x The Nation]
Case Closed
By The Deadline Poet (Calvin Trillin)
Tag Cloud of the following piece of writing
Inquiry Is Said to Clear Christie, but That’s His Lawyers’ Verdict.
—New York Times headline
His lawyers did a thorough job.
The governor has been absolved.
They’d interviewed all Christie aides,
Except, of course, the ones involved. Ω
[Calvin Trillin began his career as a writer for Time magazine. Since July 2, 1990, as a columnist at The Nation, Trillin has written his weekly "Deadline Poet" column: humorous poems about current events. Trillin has written considerably more pieces for The Nation than any other single person. A native of Kansas City, MO, Trillin received his BA from Yale College in 1957. He served in the army, and then joined Time.]
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