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To: Taffini
If you can find it stick it in this thread.

Haven't found it yet. In the meantime, you can enjoy this doozy. (Again - this is not from THE inaugural poem.)

Marilyn Nelson, a former Connecticut poet laureate, has written a poem for The Courant to celebrate today's inauguration of Barack Obama as the nation's first African American president.

Like us, the future will thank all the names

People use for the One,

For making this remarkable young man

To lead America toward our highest aims.

May his greatness grow with each tick of the clock:

Barack, Barack, Barack, Barack, Barack!

1,580 posted on 01/20/2009 10:11:15 AM PST by Lorica
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To: Lorica

Sounds like Lois Cook from the Fountainhead:

from cliff notes description of the “great” Lois Cook character:

Character Analyses
Lois Cook

Lois Cook is an outstanding example of the meaning of nonconformity. She defies social belief in beauty, attractive living quarters, and even personal hygiene. In this regard, she is far worse than Guy Francon, for he uncritically follows the best of society’s norms where Cook rebels against them.

Worse than this is her incoherent style of writing. She rebels against grammar, meaning, and intelligibility. Her book has no discernible meaning, yet she postures as a profound thinker.


1,820 posted on 01/20/2009 11:56:21 AM PST by Taffini (Mr. Pippin and Mr. Waffles do not approve)
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