The President Visits Springfield
George Christ
...dripped from her head
thinking for a moment
she’d be better off dead than here
waiting,
amidst fellow Americans,
fir the most American person of all.
...long time passes
though quarters are cramped she’s
still on the grass
barely
ample space provided
for such an event.
...should have predicted
as much
considering big-wigs and all
but the stalling
on their part
was suspence in effect.
...grand arrival
celebration and,
as is tradition
“hail to the chief”
and his
anticipated glow.
...he said.
she had strained her ear
in the direction of the nearby speaker
to faintly hear
what sounded like
promises.
...applause
and rally in fire-ant fashion
to the sincerity
and passion
of this suit’s
diction.
...motorcade made its way
languidly
down Vine and Main
to the beach
then back again
toward the land of television.
