[Newspoetry] poets for the war

[John]

> for instance a poem could show that
> Bush is anti-war

Maybe kinda like this one.  I wrote it a couple days ago.  Since Purim is
tomorrow, it's already out of date, and it's real clear it's an anti-war
poem, but I am sure I could rewrite it a bit and really confuse the heck out
of them.

Does anybody here know of a link with the complete text of Bush's Feb 26th
speech at Tufts?


I Celebrate Purim a Week Early

It's Purim next Tuesday.
March 18th, 2003.
I'll be commanded to get drunk.
So drunk 

I can't tell the difference
between Mordecai and Haman
between Good and Evil.
I'll probably wait until work ends.

I feel drunk already though.
I just read in the news
George Bush is against war.
Yes - Against war with Iraq.

He thinks the objectives of war
are fuzzy.  Yes, Fuzzy.
That's the word he used.
President George Bush.

He also thinks 
it would be a mistake
to start a war with Iraq
without UN approval.

That's right.
That's exactly what he said
In a speech
at Tufts University.

Before you end up
as insane as I
Let me explain.
It's standard practice

To refer to someone
as President
forever.
Even after their term ends.

It's Dubya's Daddy
The one-time ambassador
to the UN
who's joining the anti-war movement.

And since a decade ago
I'd have called him Haman
I think I've observed the holiday
A week early, 

without a drop of alcohol.

John Newmark
gavroche at gavroche.org