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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>I'm typically underwhelmed by Calvin Trillin, but find this one to be head and shoulders above any of his others. It's much longer than most of his poems and every line is spot on. Did anyone see the video of the Kim Davis rally? Oddly enough there were no misspellings that I detected on the signs of her many uneducated supporters.<br><br><div>To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>Subject: [Vision2020] "Kim Davis" by Calvin Trillin<br><br><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">"Kim Davis" by Calvin Trillin</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">The Rowan County clerk, Kim Davis,</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;">Believes that Jesus came to save us,<br style="box-sizing:border-box;">And her beliefs she would betray<br style="box-sizing:border-box;">OK’ing marriage that is gay.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;">The judge said, when he heard her tale,<br style="box-sizing:border-box;">Just do it, quit, or go to jail.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;">When she said no, he didn’t blink:<br style="box-sizing:border-box;">He tossed Kim Davis in the clink.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;">Ted Cruz and others now suggest<br style="box-sizing:border-box;">That Christians find themselves oppressed<br style="box-sizing:border-box;">For heeding a divine authority.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;">Poor Christians—an oppressed majority. </span></div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------<br><br><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div></div><br>=======================================================
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