NIXON BY MISTAKE?  Some Thoughts about America's 37th President

IMAGE: Some mutant sperm with Tesla coil sparks shaped like the head of Richard Nixon.


Sam:   Nixon was a strangely tragic character . . .

Kris:  Why do you say that?

Sam:   He had so many contradictions without realizing it.

Tim:   He was no dummy – I think he realized a lot more than the public will ever know.

Sam:   Yet there was a social ineptness about him that seemed tragic.

Tim:   Well, many of America's leaders are from humble origins . . . . 
       Just like Reagan, Nixon was well-indoctrinated into American mythology.

Terri: Perhaps. Nixon seemed to epitomize the contradictions in inherent in 
       many American presidents. I would describe him as one-third gangster, 
       one-third idealist, and two-thirds common dude.

Kris:  (laughing) The math is nonsense: how can you have over 100%?

Terri: I know it doesn't add up . . . yet when you think about it, 
       how much human ambition does?


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from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY:  Reflections on 'Tricky Dick' and American presidents
KEYWORDS: Richard Nixon, 1913 births, 1994 deaths, American presidents

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 1972 in Newtown, PA  / Finished: 2020 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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