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A Dyspeptic's Guide To Contemporary American Politics (In Verse)

Fifteen Feet Beneath Manhattan by Michael Silverstein

"Nowadays, you can't turn on the TV without some talking head telling you about the economy. Yet, in a world overrun by 'analysts,' only one man has the guts, the brains, and, quite frankly, the poetry to put it all in perspective.That man is Michael Silverstein... Silverstein is a true intellectual." — Gersh Kuntzman, The New York Post

"Few people have found much to laugh about in the stock market this year. Michael Silverstein is the exception. The Bard of the Bourse can find humor in losing money, globalization and stock options." — USA Today
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George Herbert Walker Bush was followed in the presidency by Bill Clinton who was followed by George W. Bush who will likely be followed by Hillary Clinton who may well be succeeded by Jeb Bush. What’s wrong with this picture?

Bush And Clinton,
Bush And Clinton, Bush...

Bush and Clinton,
Bush and Clinton,
Bush...
Will we never from the White House these folks push?
I don’t mean to do a trashing,
But I’m sick of this rehashing,
Go-rounds like this turn politics to mush.

George and Billy,
George and Hilly,
Jeb...
From the top job these folks refuse to ebb.
In a land of vibrant voices,
There should be a lot more choices,
Well beyond the Bush and Clinton family web.

North Korea has its Kims,
India its Gandhi kin,
Pakistan churns out those Bhuttos
Its poor people can’t refutos.
Asian dynasties may cut it,
That’s their business, its their setting;
But I figure in this country,
We should spread a wider netting.

Than Bush and Clinton, Bush and Clinton, Bush...

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© Michael Silverstein
 

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