[Vision2020] "I Thought That I Would Never See a Pol Who Loved the Height of Trees" (Calvin Trillin)

[Tom Hansen]

“I love this state. It seems right here. The trees are the right height.”
            —Mitt Romney, in his home state of Michigan

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"I Thought That I Would Never See a Pol Who Loved the Height of Trees" 
By Calvin Trillin, Deadline Poet
 
"Away from here, I find no trees that please—
No trees at such a perfect height as these.
For me, I cannot ever be at ease
With trees that grow no higher than one’s knees
Or too tall trees that splinter in a freeze. 
Wisconsin, sure, has bragging rights on cheese.
And California’s rich in Cantonese.
And Colorado’s where to take your skis.
Connecticut, of course, has Lyme disease.
At none of these am I prepared to sneeze.
But here we have the perfect height of trees."

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Seeya later, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Post Falls, Idaho

"If not us, who?
If not now, when?"

- Unknown