[Newspoetry] poem

[Donald L Emerick]

Dear Anne,

George is a little busy right now, waiting up for the fireworks in Honolulu,
because he never gets tired of seeing the rocket's red glares and bombs
bursting in errors (all part of the great baseball tradition, doan-cha-no?).
He asked for me to reply to you, accordingly.

First, George says that there are no trains that can make it out to
Honolulu, so passenger train service between the continental states denies
the people of the state of Hawaii (or Honolulu, for George isn't sure
whether Honolulu is the capital of Hawaii or whether it is the other way
around....... and in Texas, "How are ye" is how Hawaii is said, so I am
never quite sure whether he knows a greeting from an aloha state anyway,
because he says someone warned him against eating or drinking alohiatus
blossoms..., but I digress (listening to George, too much, I guess) equality
of transportation, under the (and George says, here, his math is fuzzy on
which amendment he means to the) Constitution -- "one of dem dar civilian
war amendments..." he says.  So, since he swore to uphold and defend the
country (just like good old Atlas), he has to support equal aviation rights
for all.

Second, George says passenger trains are just too slow a way to do things.
Why, if you traveled by train (or, God forbid, by car), there might not be a
huge network of airports everywhere.  You might not be able to campaign in
six or seven states every day -- because AirForceOne would have no place to
land if there were no airports everywhere -- and George isn't about to
become a sky-diving enthusiast like his pappy -- besides, he says, how would
he get back on a plane, even if he did sky-dive to a soft and happy landing?
Would he have to get shot out of a cannon and caught in mid-air by some
crazy left-wing socialist safety net?

Lastly, George the Third is also practically in favor of high-flying deal
making.  He says that when the SEC can not figure out what state has
jurisdiction over some deal, then it is not a violation of the SEC
regulations...  "You just have to stay up in the air where they can't get at
you...  That's why I became a fighter pilot in the Vietnam War.. flying the
friendly skies to defend America..."

Well, the fireworks are over and George is snoring  on the couch again...
Guess this will have to do for an answer to your inquiry...

Sincerely,
Laura Bush, FirstLady

(FirstLady is what they call me,
but you may call me FirstMomma,
as George is more like that boy
Stewart on MadTV than an adult.)