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Thursday, August 23, 2007
A Political Clerihew
Al Gore came across as a bore. That and the sighs are among the reasons why he lost to a light-weight but "regular" guy.
"among the reasons"
ReplyDeletea key phrase that makes this Clerihew wordy, but gives it a grain of truth.
Yeah, a bit wordy. My mind's been distracted with my dad's surgery today.
ReplyDeleteHow about "That and sighs among reasons why"?
I also scribbled a follow-up during the wait for the surgeon:
George Bush,
when shove came to push,
needed no valid reason to attack
Iraq