Obama!

I was going to save this for the inauguration, when it would be strictly correct. But what the hell, strike while the muse is smokin’ - as I believe Lord Tennyson used to say...

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Black In The White House

There’s somebody black in the White House
And not just a cleaner or nurse -
Though, granted, there’s quite a big clean-up to do
And the patient can’t get any worse.

There’s somebody black in the White House
I don’t mean a Powell or Rice,
A monger of war or a sour neo-con,
But someone who seems rather nice.

There’s somebody black in the White House
By “black” I do not mean “covert”
But someone whose skin, until now, wouldn’t win.
Yes, the guy at the top can subvert.

There’s somebody black in the White House
It’s one giant leap for mankind
At last the New World has woken itself
And is leaving the old world behind.

There’s somebody black in the White House
Though some of us still have our fears,
Let’s hope it’s not like Thatcher's time as PM
She set women back fifty years.