Corporate Responsibility

Deadline Poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the June 5, 2000 edition of The Nation.

May 18, 2000

So Ford now says the SUV
Is very bad for you and me.
It slurps gas to a fare-thee-well,
And makes the earth as hot as hell.
Its weight means any car it hits
Is pulverized to tiny bits.
These facts don't mean that sales will slow.
Ford simply thought we'd like to know.

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About Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin is The Nation's "deadline poet." He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1963 and has written the syndicated weekly column "Uncivil Liberties" since 1986. He has authored many, many books, including Tepper's Not Going Out and Deadline Poet: My Life as a Doggerelist. more...
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