A Poem for DICK

D-I-C-K

You slouched and growled
as you made your case
And frightened us all
with your monster face

Your gnarled thin lips,
forever locked in a sneer
Spoke of dangers and threats
from afar, that soon would be here

Evil, you promised us
Would be right at our door
A brutal tyrant must be defeated
So let's send over our poor

These people of Mesopotamia
keepers of the Tigris-Euphrates
they are in bed with the enemy
they are sleeping in Hades

Never mind the millions you made, sir
selling guns and oil, your soul
Your sense of decency is gone
Where your heart was, a hole

Flowers and chocolate for soldiers
This'll be easy, cake, a military hoot
Go ahead and declare "Mission Accomplished"
and put your monkey in a flight suit

Those of us who knew you were wrong
Could only sit quiet for so long
As our ignorant friends
munched their freedom fries
While believing more lies

Swift boats and scandals
Classified docs and man-sized safes
You got wasted on beers, Dick
then shot some old dude in the face

Dogs growl and bristle at your pic
as if you were Michael Vick
You're a mean one, Mr. Cheney
And you're certainly a DICK


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