Since Calvin Trillin is on TDS tonight, I 'd like to post his Cheney poem:

[rhymeinreason]

"One mystery i've tried to disentangle:
Why Cheney's head is always at an angle."

I think i should link to the poem to comply with DU rules. but the last line has always been a favorite of mine...

http://www.thenation.com/docprem.mhtml?i=20020624&s=trillin

And please note, this was written four years ago!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Welcome to DU!

And thanks for the link to an excellent poem! :hi:

[rhymeinreason]

2. Thanks for the welcome

I read but I don't post much. I sent this poem to everyone I know when it was first published.

[Tanuki]

3. Welcome indeed!

Have you ever read his poem "If you knew what Sununu"? It's also very funny. I'm not a "Nation" subscriber, or I'd link it as well.

[rhymeinreason]

6. Thank you for the welcome

I'm of an age that still prefers the ink and paper media, so I subscribed to The Nation in my mailbox, rather than online. I just searched for Cheney's head+Trillin and found the verse was available for a link.

[NYCGirl]

4. I love Trillin. Here's his poem about Richard Perle (again with a

blockbuster last line):

Consider kids who bullied Richard Perle--
Those kids who said Perle threw just like a girl,
Those kids who poked poor Perle to show how soft
A mamma's boy could be, those kids who oft-
Times pushed poor Richard down and could be heard
Addressing him as Sissy, Wimp or Nerd.
Those kids have got a lot to answer for,
'Cause Richard Perle now wants to start a war.
The message his demeanor gets across:
He'll show those playground bullies who's the boss.
He still looks soft, but when he writes or talks
There is no tougher dude among the hawks.
And he's got planes and ships and tanks and guns--
All manned, of course, by other people's sons.

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20020916/trillin

[Cha]

5. I'd love to see that

tonight! Thanks for the cheney ditty.

"And as he speaks I've kept a careful check
On when his head's held crooked on his neck.
The code is broken, after years of trying:
He only cocks his head when he is lying."

Yep, that's dick.

[Cha]

7. Jon showed the repukes

in the Congress referring to the War On Iraq in football terms. What a bunch Amurikkkan Idiots.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. I always insisted there was a code ... when he tilts his head to the LEFT

...it means he's lying.

When he tilts his head to the RIGHT, he's prevaricating.

When he holds his head STRAIGHT, he's dissembling.

And when he closes his mouth, he's stonewalling.

[mcctatas]

9. and when he blinks...

it means he just recieved a message from his master, Satan...you know we're in the shit when he blinks!