NIXON MISSING TAPE
NOW MISSING DOCS, NO ESCAPE
TRUMP FACING BIG SCRAPE
Richard Milhouse Nixon
his enemies he played tricks on
he sealed his own fate
when he authorized Watergate
Views rather point to Nixon,
By far handsomer Jackson!
Nixon’s swollen cheeks did grieve
But views should this to me leave…
If Nixon owned ugly face,
Did the rest of him show trace?
A Beauty Judge would face praise
But owner ‘Not The Crowned’ says;
“Had Straight Legs swapped for The Curved
And not Flat Tummy eyes served…
Back I’ll go to the buddy,
For his body long study…
A cheating face spares body;
Ugly face cheats not body.
The ant is one who works all day
and barely sleeps at night
Seldom is he, if ever
fearful of an unjust or a losing fight
He lives to serve a queen
and she he seldom sees
but he is hers in mind and soul
to do with as she please
She dictates and rules to all her breed
with a simple yes or no
for she is the queen and her word is law
this we all know to be so.
But the queen behind her mask she sneers
at the knave of an ant and all his peers
who work all day and through the night
and fight the battle of a losing fight
and believe that because of her
what they do is right
Yes, we are all like ants one and all
constantly ignorant of our own minds' call.
Sophisticated, debonair, dashin'
Epitome of ultra-cool passion
They called him Tricky Dick
Thought himself mighty slick
Slipped on her runway ~ came to... spent, ashen
When they said Nixon's name, my wife would mew
"Please don't vote for him in '72." ---
I said, "Think what we'd miss."
Before telling her this ---
"Why switch Dicks in the middle of a screw?"
Richard Milhous Nixon
Richard Millhouse Nixon
was awfully good at fixin’
everything but Watergate
sadly sealed a “tricky” fate
5/30/2015
submitted to – Cleri-who? – Poetry Contest
sponsor – Kim Merryman
One problem faced by Richard Milhouse Nixon,
Was that his tape recorder needed a good fixin'!
By erasing stuff, he thought he might save face.
But that and other things sent him packing in disgrace!
Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
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Entry for Freddie OH's "Clerihew Challenge" Contest
'For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings*
By flu or common cold or treach'rous reason
O sacred blood, spoil'd by these nasty things
With sharpen'd points in envy hands of treason
High stomac'd are my foes, and full of ire!
Alas, my friends, it is the hunting season
In rage deaf of my plea, hasty on fire
I hear the Congress' howling, barking sound!
I am disgrac'd, impeach'd and baffled here
Purc'd to the soul with slanders venom'd spear!'
*The tragedy of king Richard the second; act III, scene
This form is an 'eleven'. See my other poem 'Image'.
Richard M. Nixon
Needed some fixin'.
His presidency failed,
When Watergate was unveiled.
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