George Bush's Pledge to the People of New Orleans

deadline Poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the September 25, 2006 edition of The Nation.

September 7, 2006

The Feds, he said, will not abandon you--
Just what he said last year, when they were prone.
And he'll return next year to say the same.
Until that time, of course, they're on their own.

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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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