Poetry? In this blog?

Not that it happens all that often, but the past couple of weeks, Calvin Trillin's book of poetry is on the NY Times best seller list, appearing tomorrow at number 14.

In response to the news that President Bush was not attending the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq, Mr. Trillin wrote:

At least there's no Bush eulogy
On why they had to die.
It's better that they're laid to rest
Without another lie.