”’
“Wait a minute. What did you just say? You’re predicting $4-a-gallon gas?
… That’s interesting. I hadn’t heard that.”
–the President of the United States, Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2008…
After Su Tung P’o
Heather McHughOn The Birth of a Son
When a child is born, the parents say
they hope it’s healthy and intelligent. But as for me—
..
well, vigor and intelligence have wrecked my life. I pray
this baby we are seeing walloped, wiped and winningly anointed,
..
turns out dumb as oakum—and more sinister.
That way he can crown a tranquil life by being appointed
a cabinet minister.
…