The USS John S. McCain

The president gazed out the White House window.

Squinting to see through the mist and rain,

He gasped as he made out the faint outline

Of the USS John S. McCain.

 

His pallid face froze in a grimace.

Turning, he said, “That just can’t be.

It has to be an apparition.

How could the ship be here in D.C.?”

 

Consulting his television set,

He let out a scream of utter disdain.

The image was on his TV screen:

The USS John S. McCain.

 

Dashing around the Oval Office

Like a madman, completely deranged,

He called his advisers, blathering madly,

"The name of that ship has to be changed!"

 

Off to Asia the president flew.

As he took in the view from his plane,

Down below him his eyes fell upon

The USS John S. McCain.

 

"Why…why…must he torment me?"

He asked his wife in a fit of despair.

He bit his lip with so much force,

The blood gushed out, causing a scare.

 

"Give me a towel!" he yelled. He held it

Up to his lip, which was throbbing in pain.

Moments later the blood left an image:

The USS John S. McCain.

 

Members of the president's team

Rushed to find places to hide.

Contradicting the angry boss

Would be political suicide.

 

The president, loving to bully others,

Finds his impulses hard to restrain.

May he be haunted forever and ever

By the USS John S. McCain.

 

-by Bob B (6-10-19)