Best Watergate Scandal Poems
waiting
with diaper on
for this woman to get up
off the kitchen floor and
stop bleeding while a man
hovers over her with grimace
and clinched fist
waiting
for our first-grade teacher
to stop crying
over the P.A. announcement
that the president
has just been assassinated
in Dallas
waiting
on the spirit of Christmas
to return days after the news
that mother's favorite song "You Send Me"
had just been shot and killed
a few blocks from our home
waiting
in the backseat of a Packard
for the policeman to stop screaming
at my father as urban soldiers
toss fire from their hands
in our neighborhood just outside of Watts
waiting
at LAX for Wilt the Stilt
to come back and finish
signing autographs after
some idiot just called him a freak
waiting
for the bowtie and scowl
to let go of my arm so I
can shake the hand of
the Greatest of All Time
as he starts his comeback
with an exhibition bout
in East Los Angeles
waiting
with eighteen-year-old trembling knees
for that sheriff deputy
to remove his pump action shotgun
from my temple
waiting
in the delivery room
for the wrong woman
to have my child
waiting
at a motel
for the right woman
to find the time
to slip away
waiting
on the side of
the ninety-one freeway
for a motorcade to pass
shortly after the funeral
of a former president
shamed by the Watergate scandal
waiting
and looking
while holding onto
the entry gate at 875 S. Bundy Dr.
for some sign of what really
happened that night
waiting
along with F.E.M.A. and the Red Cross
for the distraught woman
to come with us to safety
days after the Northridge earthquake
leveled her million-dollar home
waiting
at the hospital
for my first grandchild
to be born while her father
who's been convicted of battery
is nowhere to be found
waiting, waiting
seems like I'm always
waiting
Oh Nixon what did you do,
Woe will drown and plague you,
Sending more soldiers into Vietnam
Where you know there is no calm,
Only war, killing and death,
The fueling of Americans sent to
Fight in this pathetic war,
Would no longer be tolerated,
The public were angry and irritated.
Two reporters wanted
To expose Nixon’s treasonable ways,
As a President, his days
Numbered, he knew Vietnam was losing,
But continued sending fated young men
In scores of ten,
To this ungodly war,
Kept feeding the newspapers with lies
As a youth sent to Vietnam,
Is tortured and dies.
Reporters,
Plotted and attained highly secretive
Documents, hurting Nixon to his core,
But they were kept in a safe secret store.
These tale tale documents revealed
That the Vietnam war amounted to ‘zilch’
Nixon’s unacceptable involvement
Did not move an inch,
He didn’t care that youths were dying
Nixon did not even flinch.
The public became aware
How could the President dare?
All was revealed by a
Well-known source,
Then history took its course,
Nixon resigned, was granted a full Pardon
By Vice President Ford, Nixon's evil stardom
Dissolved, as he left the White House
In disgrace,
In front of America and the whole
Human race,
The Watergate scandal would be known,
But the truth still had to be told,
And freedom of speech, again to unfold!
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1971 Amtrak service be gone
On October 1st Walt Disney world officially opens
We all really love them candy treats
Really want them chocolate candies Willy Wonka was Gene Wilder
Relative reality
1972 It was arrived at arcade new game called Pong
Can't refuse this offer Francis Ford Coppola film
The Godfather
During the DNC Watergate scandal I was calling my new girlfriend
President Abdel Nasser of Egypt dies
Relative history
1970 I was going to high school was in the 10th grade
Also bought my first record out on Diana Ross present The Jackson 5 Hey!
Apollo lands on the moon I was in my living room
In 1973 completed newest tallest building in the US the city of Tower in Chicago
1973 all US troops were withdrawn from Vietnam
Relative history
George Foreman Muhammad Ali jungle rumble Foreman was real quiet and calm
1974 the UFC barcode developed invented
1975 Matsua/JVC introduce the VHS
January 1976 married that year
Relative history
also in Italy earthquakes in the Philippines tidal waves
Elvis Presley dies
Saturday Night Fever premiers
1977 first US women's astronaut
Relative history
Also that orange stripe sarcastic cat lazy Garfield eating lasagna
Now I need a place a space to put my Atari
Relative history
7/16/14
Written by James Edward Lee Sr © 2014