Mean Spirited? I wrote an Ode to Teddy Kennedy, last night.
Ode to Teddy Kennedy
by parsifal of Free Republic
Hail to thee, O Tedster !
Heir and wealthy scion.
If thou couldst not win a race,
Thy family wouldst buy one.
Some might deem thee pantywaist.
Things are not as they seem.
Thou went to Harvard and Thou playst
Upon the football team.
Thou hadst a little trouble
With a foreign language lexicon
Thou hadst a friend go take the test.
(Thou could never could speak Mexican.)
Harvard, it didst chunk Thee out
And tho Thou parted friends.
Harvard would not let Thee back
Until Thou made amends.
Nineteen fifty one it was,
The Army it didst need Thee.
Thou enlisted and Thou served
And got out in fifty three.
Back to Harvard, Thou didst go,
And got Thee re-admitted
Thou did not cheat like once before
Thou fought and never quitted.
It was the day of the Big Game
Harvard versus Yale class
While Yale won by two touchdowns
Thou caught a touchdown pass!
The Green Bay Packers wanted Thou.
The scout, he had a feeling.
Thou turned them down and toldest them
Law School was more appealing.
From that point on, thy course was set
Fie Football! Up with Rhetoric!
Thus Thou ran for Senator
And never left the Politic.
The “Road Not Taken” sure applies.
We wouldst not curse thy name.
If instead of Senator, Thou wert
In the Football Hall of Fame.
parsy, who knows this is the third time he has put this in a thread, but I was proud of finding a rhyme for “lexicon”
Bravo!