At The Death Of President George H.W. Bush by Dennis Allen Lange

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No matter if one’s good or bad,
…Or simply incompetent,
It takes the same amount of earth
…To bury a president. 

But when one’s loved for who he was
…E’en more than what he did,
It takes a flood of heart-felt words
…Before the body’s hid. 

And so for him whose life is o’er,
…They buried him for days –
With earth quick-sprinkled at his grave
…But waves of words of praise.

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© Dennis Allen Lange, 2019.

 

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