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Hush, Little Cindy

Sleep tight, mistress.

Calvin Trillin

July 15, 2009

(A version of the classic lullaby, as sung tothe former paramour of John Ensign, the onlyveterinarian 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.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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