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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>For Sarah, I may have posted this one just after election day but . . .<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Adventures of Joe Biden<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joe Biden decided to run again<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Though his flawed first attempt had ended in pain<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A second run faltered in twenty O eight<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Which most likely helped his political fate<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Obama asked Joe to be his Vice President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joe Biden said “Yes!” To the White House he went<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The economy was teetering on the brink of recession<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joe helped Barack stave off a depression<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joe Biden’s campaign was going down<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Then in South Carolina he turned it around.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joe Biden went on to win nomination<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Amidst a pandemic gripping the nation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>His opponent was nasty, he trumpeted proudly<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>He threatened and blustered and shouted loudly<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“I’ll beat you Joe Biden—I’ll trample you under”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“I’ll eat you alive—I’ll tear you asunder”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joe Biden, Joe Biden didn’t worry<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joe Biden didn’t scream or scurry<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>He just kept going, he wasn’t all hesitant<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>He just got elected our forty-sixth President.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Milan Hamilton<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>November 8, 2020<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> OE <oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sarah H. Buss via OE<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 21, 2021 7:58 AM<br><b>To:</b> Order Ecumenical Community <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net><br><b>Cc:</b> Sarah H. Buss <shbuss@mac.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Oe List ...] Adventures of Joe Biden--Inauguration Day!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>No mention of Kamala? Or is that a separate poem?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Jan 21, 2021, at 9:30 AM, Milan Hamilton via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I wrote a lot of ‘Adventures of Obama’ during the times now past. Ogden Nash, who wrote comic poetry in the 1920s, wrote ‘Adventures of Isabel,’ a 40 line poem in rhyming couplets. I took my poetic license and wrote a series of the Adventures of Obama in 10 line segments at a time. Each stanza tells the of encountering seemingly impossible odds and turning them into victory in unexpected ways. The original Isabel was a little girl who met a ravenous bear, an ugly witch, a one-eyed giant, and a despairing doctor and used her “magic” powers to win out in the end. I am continuing to use my poetic license with a nod to Ogden Nash in the <b><i>Adventures of Joe Biden.</i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i> </i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Adventures of Joe Biden—Inauguration Day<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joe Biden showed up for inauguration<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Knowing he’d face a divided nation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mitch and his minions known for obstruction<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Smiling as though there’d been no eruption<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Of venomous attackers hunting their heads<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>At the urging of Donald who now they did dread<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joe Biden, Joe Biden didn’t worry<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joe Biden didn’t scream or scurry<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>He calmly took his oath, made his stand<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And brought civility back to our land.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Milan Hamilton<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>January 20, 2021<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Milan Hamilton<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>80 North Center Street<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Redlands, CA 92373<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone: 909-556-5815<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>E-mail: <a href="mailto:mellowmilan2@gmail.com">mellowmilan2@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>OE mailing list<br><a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>