Monday, February 21, 2011

Presidents Day?

Presidents’ Day?
From the days when I was young,
I remember February:
Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthdays,
Valentine’s Day, we all made merry.

Decorations on the walls -
Hatchets, cherries, silhouettes
Of Abe and George, our presidents,
Those to whom we owe great debts.

Perhaps a row of old log cabins
Might appear on the bulletin board,
Run off on the mimeograph
All our classroom could afford.

Who remembers anymore
Just who had each birthday date?
On February two and twenty,
Whom do we commemorate?

And on the twelfth of that same month,
Whose natal day was that?
I’ll give you just a little clue:
He wore a stovepipe hat.

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