“A president has to know
Where the truth is coming from,
See from the bottom while
Looking down from the top,
Possess magisterial proportions,
Reconnoiter for justice wherever
It can be found.”
So Louise was heard to say.“The force of him was not apparent
When we met. It was only after
Long acquaintance that I truly had
The sense of his potential.
The marvels of science,
May I say, were not at all a party
To his mind and the sedentary postures
Of the supposed innocent laughingly eluded him.
We had no means for containment
But were, if I am to say, his shield.”
So Mildred replied.“The clippers will not hurt you
If you just don’t pick them up.”
This from a source requesting anonymity.April 2003