Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

Secret Service

Obama walked the aisle
Shaking hands and smooching cheeks,
The camera giving all of us
Some voyeuristic peeks.

One couldn’t help but notice, though,
The Secret Service men,
Whose faces filled the screen not once,
But over and again.

Somebody should have warned them
They were stealing all the thunder;
When they went home and saw themselves,
What did they think? I wonder.

Yet even more perplexing is,
Perhaps this question’s dumb,
But who exactly was Obama
Being shielded from?

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Robert Johnson January 30, 2014 at 10:52 PM the secret lyes with those more wise than those of us called public. when backroom deals become repeals the tensions tend to get thick. so plain jane jack has got his back if someone blows a cork. and hopefully it's worth the while and not just empty pork. peace.:)

Andrea Dietrich January 30, 2014 at 4:11 PM I think he was being shielded from all the haters!! THere are so many of them. It's a sad world for that. I enjoyed this one, Ilene!

Robert Pettit January 29, 2014 at 4:44 PM The Secret Service has been around since the assassination of President William McKinley. Another fine write, Ilene.