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A Poem of Republican Populism

Our policies address the cares Of heiresses and millionaires. Our point of view reverberates With folks who live behind high gates

Calvin Trillin

September 23, 2004

Our policies address the cares Of heiresses and millionaires. Our point of view reverberates With folks who live behind high gates And folks whose country clubs may lack A single Jew, a single black. We’re backed by all the CEOs. We waive the regs that bring them woes. To comfort them is our intent. Yes, though we always represent The folks who sit in corporate boxes, The gratifying paradox is– And this we love; it’s just the neatest– The other party’s called elitist.

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


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