Reading Less Bad News From Iraq

Deadline Poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the August 14, 2006 edition of The Nation.

July 27, 2006

At last we're reading less about Iraq's woes
And how the chaos there still moves apace.
With all the other Middle Eastern killing,
The papers simply cannot find the space.

His war, said Bush, would shake up this whole region
And--presto!--would democratize the place.
It's shook enough to bury his debacle.
The papers simply cannot find the space.

Not only Hezbollah's Iran's close client.
Iraq is moving toward Iran's embrace.
But now this isn't carried on front pages.
The papers simply cannot find the space.

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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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