The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    A STATELY OLD SHIP

    By Wattree on Thu, 04/10/2014 - 8:21am |

    BENEATH THE SPIN • ERIC L. WATTREE

     

    A STATELY OLD SHIP

    The stately old vessel limps weakly towards port

    As the rolling storm begins;

    Veracious vermin gnawing

    at its rotting hull,

    Destroying from within.

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    Colors that once flew proud and strong

    In distant and exotic lands,

    Now flutter shamefully, tattered and torn,

    Reflecting the flaws of "flawless" men.

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    With cheers of fading greatness,

    True patriots are scorned;

    Demagogues are lifted aloft,

    While the stately ship we mourn.

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    But the old vessel was made of sturdier stuff

    By a different kind of man;

    Storms and vermin and rotting hulls

    It can easily withstand.

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    Waiting in port, a fresh new crew

    Now eager to take command;

    A new coat of paint, and fresh colors await,

    This proud ship of state's next stand.

     

    In memory of
    Senator Edward M. Kennedy

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    With His Dying Breath, He Fought For A Better America, and He Was Instrumental in Getting Sen. Robert Byrd (a former Klan Member) to Leave His Death Bed to Appear in the Senate to Support the First Black President of the United States.

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     We wish you calm seas, and steady winds, my friend.

     

      Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Statesman.    

     

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    Eric L. Wattree
     

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    Religious bigotry: It's not that I hate everyone who doesn't look, think, and act like me - it's just that God does
     

    Comments

    Teddy fought for those who had no representation.

    And we forget that Mass is a wonderful state, but it has contained a citizenry with elements that would eschew any attempt at racial equality.

    The Kennedys contained this element and damn, why cannot more dems do that anymore?

    Our country is one of coalitions, just like any political state.

    Ted was magic.

    I really do not know of any politician that was more excited about the election of President Obama than this Kennedy!

    I miss him too.


    by Richard Day on Fri, 04/11/2014 - 12:36am

    I miss him too, Richard - and, appreciated him. He represented a better America, and I think he was representative of the vast majority of American. If he didn't, Obama never could have been elected - twice.


    by Wattree on Tue, 04/15/2014 - 6:23pm