No prior POTUS has admired
Towered pyres for esquires they’d hired
Tired not by work hard
Now wired the trump card
That commands retire or You're Fired!
This brief discourse may seem by all means fantastic,
but it was true.
This young woman, once,
at the tender age of twelve,
was left a lonely orphan in this world,
and the sole heir
to eight hundred thousand acres of rich and fertile land,
eight humble hamlets,
two towns of consequence,
four great and ancient halls,
five noble ghosts,
three of the largest rivers in the land,
two lofty peaks,
and a holy abbey of barefoot nuns.
In this immense area of land
worked thousands of living, breathing, feeling human beings,
each one
helping to create for this single person
a wealth so enormous
that its measure remained a mystery,
yet was carefully and daily overseen
by an army of managers, accountants, and esquires.
Names You Will Never See
By Elton Camp
The image of a place or product is high on its list
Names that would damage it will always be missed
The names “Cheat and Swindle” for a law firm
Would make the two esquires sweat and squirm
“Dr. Payne’s Dentistry” conveys the wrong thought
“Crook’s Realty” honest Mr. Crook shouldn’t ought
“Greasy Spoon” would never be the name of a café
From “E. Coli Market,” a wise merchant stays away
The name “Adolph” for a boy is a very nasty trick
“Benedict” for Arnold’s son won’t be a good pick
“Roach’s Bakery” would be a major mistake
“Fair Weather Insurance,” nobody would take
No parents would name their daughter “Jezebel,”
And “Judas” for a son would be rejected as well
That there can be quite a lot, indeed, to a name
Romeo and Juliet found the outcome a shame
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