Another New Policy for Iraq

deadline poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the January 22, 2007 edition of The Nation.

January 4, 2007

The pundits say it may emerge
That Bush has really got the urge
To take what troops we have and splurge
By using them for one last surge,
Continuing this dreadful scourge.
The music he can't hear's a dirge.

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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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