The Politician’s Profundity
He loves the trees of Michigan; apparently they are
just the right height,
as, opposed to say what, for example –
Ohio, the Buckeye State?
Was it the kid at six who had to look way up to see the top?
How high is high? Way high but
just the right height.
Was it the adolescent who looked up just before he headed west?
How high is high? Not as high but
just the right height.
Was it the adult who looked up just before he headed east?
How high is high? Less high but
just the right height.
Way high, not as high, less high, but always
just the right height.
Is that oak high, beech high, purple maple high,
ash high, elm high, birch high,
walnut high, sycamore high, willow high,
chestnut high, hawthorn high,
scotch pine high, red pine high, white pine high,
tamarack high, Dr. Dorsch’s ginkgo tree still standing
in Monroe, Michigan high?
And what about all the kinds of oak and beech and maple,
not just purple and all the rest and
all those not mentioned here? Lots and lots of different trees
just the right height.
He loves cars, too – Chevy cars, Ford cars, Chrysler cars
and he used to love American Motors cars
like the Gremlin driven by John Denver in the movie,
Oh, God!, before they disappeared like
some of the trees which before they disappeared were
just the right height,
big cars, little cars, truck type cars, van type cars, convertible cars,
four, six (inline and v) and eight (always v) cylinder cars, station wagon cars, especially
station wagon cars which are
just the right height – to tie the dog on top.
Suffice it to say that this is a pretty profound politician
when it comes to
just the right height of trees and station wagon cars
which are also
just the right height.
bobdahl 
Oh, I’m just a-chuckling … nothing like a profound politician … nicely written. Every time I hear Romney, I wonder: Does this many have any convictions at all? Is he afraid to say them? Is he just kissing everyone’s ass? It’s truly amazing to me. And his constant one-note band: “I know all about the economy. I created jobs.” The man never created a job in his life; he took companies that others created and killed jobs, and made money! That’s all Romney’s ever done.