Monday, September 25, 2006
Joe Hill and Ronald Reagan
Heroes to the Left and Right.
As do all of us,both had flaws.
Ron foresaw this Shining City
On the Hill,and Joe eviscerated
all such Capital tropes
as “pie in the sky.” Both
shot,one by a scattered nut,
and one by Utah,whose marksmen
had a sense of poetry,
leaving five nice holes
in Joe’s left side.
Heroes to the Left and Right.
As do all of us,both had flaws.
Ron foresaw this Shining City
On the Hill,and Joe eviscerated
all such Capital tropes
as “pie in the sky.” Both
shot,one by a scattered nut,
and one by Utah,whose marksmen
had a sense of poetry,
leaving five nice holes
in Joe’s left side.
