My countrymen, Bush said, I’ve made it plain That treaties can be treated with disdain. Geneva is naïve, a bit arcane. It should be changed in ways that I ordain. Not so, said Warner, Graham and McCain.
We need some laws, my lawyers ascertain. (This Constitution really is the bane Of my existence, driving me insane. It’s I who should decide, like Charlemagne.) Plus us, said Warner, Graham and McCain.
The evil terrorists whom we detain Are questioned in a way I won’t explain. And only wussy traitors would refrain From passing laws I’ve said we must obtain. Plus us, said Warner, Graham and McCain.
Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”