Monday, September 6, 2021

DIFFICULT COMMISSION

The ghost of former Governor 

Thomas E. Dewey has submitted

A proposal that he be the subject 

Of a poem or at least a poem-like

Assemblage of words. It would be

Easier to comply if he would consent

To being called something

Other than the ghost of former 

Governor Thomas E. Dewey. 

Also, time has left of him

A well-trimmed mustache,

A throughway, a medal

Given to outstanding assistant

District attorneys, and a white-shoe

Law firm now gone bankrupt.

 

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