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Dick Cheney: Poet Laureate. Jon Stewart's Cheney poetry joke last night reminded us of a longer Cheney poem found in the Washington Post, written over three years ago, back when just 512 American soldiers had died so far in Cheney's manic quest to dominate the Middle East. An excerpt:

In his skull
resides the nation's most chilling intelligence.
Lynne and their daughters never ask about it.

Is this too much information
for a man
with a sick heart?

Cheney was found best-suited
to being a funeral director.
His voice is soft and even,
like an airline pilot's.
When shaking hands,
Cheney grips hard for a split-second
then pulls away quickly,
as if he's touched a hot stove.
You can't hear what Dick is saying.

If only we couldn't hear what Dick is saying, and never had to hear what he is saying ever again, the world would be a better place for it.

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