Deadline Poet
A Scientific Observation (Using Some Experts Gail Sheehy Didn't Know About) on the Speaking Problems That Seem to Run in the Bush Family
He thinks that hostile's hostage.
He cannot say subliminal.
The way Bush treats the language
Is bordering on criminal.
About the Author
Calvin Trillin
Calvin Trillin, the author of Random House's Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Election in Rhyme,...
His daddy had the problem:
He used the nounless predicate.
Those cowboy boots can do that
To people from Connecticut.
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