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How will Junior's book, "My Wars",
   compare with Bill's, "My Life"?
Half as long — most of us hope —
   ghost written with his wife.

No one doubts that it will top
   the Times Best Seller list.
Yet few believe that they'll compete;
   they'll simply co-exist.

The Book Review will ponder; pause;
   then go the extra mile
To question if it's for adults
   or for a juvenile.

We're told that if it's for adults,
   the Fit-to-Print Inspector
Subjects the author/authoress
   to a lie detector.

And based on what we've heard so far,
   the morning line prediction
Is that The Times will classify
   their book, "My Wars", as fiction.

Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
10/11/04