By J.J. Tindall
Ode To Lyndon Baines Johnson
I dig that we have a history of talking Presidents into
lousy wars. We have WMD, he had Tonkin. His People kept insisting we could win in Viet Nam, then,
when they realized we were hosed,
they
scattered. Dig a Lonely Texas President. Wow: Democrats
do it,
too!
Head Start? Medicare?
Civil Rights Act of 1964? “Hey, hey, LBJ:
how many kids
did you kill today?!” Please. Of course, PBS has to turn every biography
into a tragedy or there’s no show. That’s In-Fo-Tain-Ment!
Here’s me: I shouted out
“Who killed
America?!,” when after all
it was you
and
me.
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J. J. Tindall is the Beachwood’s poet-in-residence. He can reached at jjtindall@yahoo.com. Chicagoetry is an exclusive Beachwood collection-in-progress.
Posted on September 26, 2007