[This is a courtesy copy of an article posted to Usenet via Deja News]

  Washington, D.C.

Up by the White House's business face
Pennsylvania's blocked off down to Madison Place,
And halfway encircling Lafayette's square
They've put New Jersey barricades there.

By the broad black expanse of the avenue
Policemen are standing with nothing to do
But glare at the tourists here hoping to see
Some tokens of our nation's majesty.

Though all the structures are sturdy and solid
The message projected is shabby and squalid,
The symbols of historic bravery here
Have been overwhelmed by the symbols of fear.

                        DC Dave

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