19JUN2022

Illiterate, unlearned, unread for his station
& yet his Library of 990 Books & 1200 Titles
Military Science, Philosophy, Politics, History
Literature, Plays & Reference Books, English,
Latin, French, Dutch with Plato, Cicero, Locke
Marginalia, A View of the Conduct of the Executive
Military Hero, President, read the Press Releases
Monarchical, European, Aristocratic as reported
Economic Plans & Foreign Policy in op-ed piece
Savior once, now tyrant, campaign of Belasarius
Foreign intrigues within domestic political parties
Thomas Paine from Paris, no apology for his letter
America's repute, political & moral in the World
13 Staves & ne'er a Hoop will not a Barrel make
What he read, what he wrote, his Deeds & Duty
These days, revisonist histories of him & his Times