The Jewish President

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Adams was a piker,

And Washington was daft.

But each knew more of Hebrew

Than Clinton, Polk and Taft.

Grant was too dim-witted

To learn the Jewish ways,

But he was far more learned

Than Rutherford B. Hayes.

Taylor, Bush and Hoover

Could hardly read a book,

And Fillmore thought the Talmud

Not worth a second look.

Prayer for Our Fallen Warriors

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,

And let perpetual light shine upon them.

May their souls and the souls of all the departed,

Through the Mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.

Mythical Me

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I’m mythically handsome.

I’m mythically thin.

By myth and by legend

I normally win.

I’m mythically brilliant.

I’m mythically smart.

I have the awareness

Of Mr. Descartes.

By day I’m a teacher,

But in my belief,

I morph in the evenings

To Indian Chief.

Fiat Lux!

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“Let there be light!” declared the Lord.

And so it came to be.

Much like Obama promised us

A new transparency.

“Let there be firmament above!”

And so it came to be.

Just like Obamacare provides

A shield for you and me.

“Let water gather in its place,

And earth display its form!”

Just like the way Obama made

The One Percent reform.

“Let there be lights above the skies

To mark the days and nights!”

Much like the beacon that Barack

Has shined on civil rights.

Mother is a Peach

My mother likes to hear me read

My poetry and verse.

She chuckles at the better lines,

And laughs when they are worse.

But skill is neither here nor there,

Nor is the poetry,

When I recite a silly verse

For Mom, my wife, and me.

She likes to hear archaic words

Like whither, thee, and thou,

And hopes that I will pen a verse

About a purple cow.

But even as the purple cow

Remains beyond my reach,

I have the means to tell the world

That Mother is a peach!

On My Behalf

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On my behalf the sun doth shine;

It lights my chosen way.

On my behalf the stars will glow

In luminous array.

On my behalf the rain doth fall

To soften up the greens.

On my behalf the course’s crew

Has mounted its machines.

On my behalf the roads are built

To smooth my chosen route.

On my behalf the unions build

A car that won’t pollute.