The Long Day Off

The long day off
(the day long off?)
where I work for no one's interest
but my own (when mine expands
to address the sum and total
without missing those alone).

Politicos have polar ideals of verbal gravity

Ben Macintyre's Article

“A SINGLE VERSE by Rimbaud,” writes Dominique de Villepin, the new French Prime Minister, “shines like a powder trail on a day’s horizon. It sets it ablaze all at once, explodes all limits, draws the eyes to other heavens.” Here is a rather different observation, uttered by George Bush Sr in 1998, that might stand as a motto for his dynasty: “I can’t do poetry.”

Perhaps some middle ground will win out, and we'll hear a measured Robert-Frost-y tone applied to current affairs. Or perhaps Villepin will tour rural America, like Oscar Wilde and The Sex Pistols. It could be called "Project for Florid Impressionism in America."