<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div><b>“Obama Envy” </b>(or “Why Isn’t Orange the New Black”)</div><div>By Calvin Trillin, Deadline Poet</div><div> </div><div>How great am I? As great as one can be.</div><div>So why do they admire him, not me?</div><div>The phony press keeps saying he’s got class,</div><div>Implying I’m a blimp-like bag of gas.</div><div>They say he’s eloquent and dryly funny—</div><div>Although, in fact, I’ve got a lot more money.</div><div>I’ve tried to sign his legacy away.</div><div>Why can’t they see his feet are made of clay?</div><div>Why is it that affection for him lingers</div><div>While they feel free to ridicule my fingers?</div><div>Why can’t they recognize that I’m their ruler?</div><div>They say he’s cool. Believe me, I am cooler.</div><div>They’re on his side whatever they compare.</div><div>No fair! No fair! No fair! No fair! No fair!</div></div><div><br></div>———————————————<br><br><div><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);"><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> </div></div></body></html>