Republicans Remember—Murfin Verse—National Poetry Month 2020

Abe Lincoln at his desk engraved by John Sartain from a photograph by Ferdinand Thomas Lee Boyle.

 

Without explanation or commentary.  The Old Man commits poetry.

Republicans Remember

Headline:  Trump’s ‘LIBERATE MICHIGAN!’ Tweets Incite Insurrection

April 17, 2020

Ah yes, they remember it well—

            That time ol’ Abe sitting idly in the White House,

            his feet up on the desk petting a cat

            as Willy and Tad cavorted on the carpet

            with their goat

            scrawled a message and handed it

            to young John Hay

            to hustle over to the telegraph office

            at the War Department.

General Beauregard

Charleston, South Carolina

April 11, 1861

Sir—

            I share your outrage that the tyrannical Federal Government

            appears determined to squash your liberties stop

            Arms and reinforcements from New York for Ft. Sumter

            aboard the Star of the West were a knife

            at your noble throats stop

            Eighty-five jack booted thugs

            refuse to hand over the fortress stop

            LIBERATE SOUTH CAROLINA!

            Defend your Second Amendment Rights!

            Death to the Tyrants!

            To Arms! To Arms! stop

A.    A. Lincoln

The President’s House

Washington

District of Columbia

Yep, that’s just what happened.

            Ask any patriot.

—Patrick Murfin

The Bombardmment of Ft. Sumner  by Courier and Ives.