"This is poem is composed entirely of actual quotes from George W. It was compiled and arranged by Washington Post writer Richard Thompson. Given the state of today's poetry could it win an award?

MAKE THE PIE HIGHER
by George W. Bush

I think we all agree
The past is over.

This is still a dangerous world.
It's a world of madmen
And uncertainty
And potential mental losses.

Rarely is the question asked
Is our children learning?
Will the highways of the Internet
Become more few?

How many hands
Have I shaked?

They misunderestimate me.
I am a pitbull on the pant leg
Of opportunity.
I know that the human being
And the fish
Can coexist.

Families is where our nation
Finds hope,
Where our wings take dream.
Put food on your family!

Knock down the tollbooth!
Vulcanize Society!
Make the pie higher!
Make the pie higher!"

(Rey Barry, electronic mail, February 13, 2001)