Hush, Little Cindy

Deadline Poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the August 3, 2009 edition of The Nation.

July 15, 2009

(A version of the classic lullaby, as sung to
the former paramour of John Ensign, the only
veterinarian in the Senate, by his parents while
giving her and her family a $96,000 gift)

Hush, little Cindy, don't say a word.
No one's going to know just what's occurred.
If you'd like a swimming pool,
Cindy and her hubby must stay real cool.
If you want that diamond ring,
Purge your thoughts of Larry King.
Hush, little Cindy, don't say a word.
This whole thing must go unheard.
Don't you help those godless rats
Send John back to dogs and cats.

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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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