On the Democratic Presidential Race

deadline poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the February 17, 2003 edition of The Nation.

January 30, 2003

It now seems clear, from what we hear,
That Gary Hart will reappear.
(He ran well once, but then he slipped;
He couldn't keep his trousers zipped.)
A White House fever, Gary knows,
Subsides at times but never goes.
Who knows now what the morrow brings?
Dukakis walking from the wings?

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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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