A Shoe Flies In Baghdad: A Poem

A "Found Poem"
This Is a Farewell Kiss, You Dog!

Baghdad. On an Iraq trip
in the last month of his presidency,
a trip shrouded in secrecy
and marred by dissent,
President George W. Bush on Sunday
hailed progress in the war
that defines his presidency
and got a size-10 reminder
of his unpopularity
when a man hurled two shoes
at him during a news conference.
President George W. Bush ducked
as a man threw both dirty shoes at him
during a news conference
with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki
on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, in Baghdad.
"This is a farewell kiss, you dog!"
shouted the protester in Arabic,
later identified as Muntadar al-Zeidi,
a correspondent for Al-Baghdadiya television,
an Iraqi-owned station based in Cairo.
Bush ducked both shoes
as they whizzed past his head
and landed with a thud
against the wall behind him.


A found poem by Jack Fritscher
Copyright 2008 Jack Fritscher

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