Classic Poem

Gross & national product sees Washington City capitol & capital as paradise with wise men who bear—
George Washington with the Oldsmobile convertible
John Adams with the Orange Crush & Spam sandwich
Thomas Jefferson with the Eskimo Pie
James Madison with the Firestone snow-tire
James Monroe with the Screen Gems Productions
John Quincy Adams with the Arrid under-arm deodorant
Andy Jackson with the Encyclopaedia Americana
Martin Van Buren with the fleet ballistic missile nuclear submarine
William Henry Harrison with the four-deuce mortar
John Tyler with the Trojans
James Knox Polk with the barbecue beef on a bun
Zachary Taylor with the Harz Mountain birdseed
Millard Fillmore with the big bowl of Cheerios for breakfast
Franklin Pierce with the Beechcraft Bonanza
James Buchanan with the Geritol & stack of Decca discs
Abe Lincoln with Ebony
Andrew Johnson with the Hyponex plant food
Ulysses S. Grant with the works of Pearl Buck
Rutherford B. Hayes with the Camel smokes
James A. Garfield with the Michigan State University Marching Band
Chester A. Arthur with the Playtex living bra
Grover Cleveland with the automatic transmission
Benjamin Harrison with the Lennon Sisters
Grover Cleveland with the automatic transmission
William McKinley with the Modern Language Association
Theodore Roosevelt with the installment plan
William Howard Taft with the Wolff Lupus urinal
Woodrow Wilson with the Duncan yo-yo
Warren G. Harding with the Socony Vacuum
Calvin Coolidge with Nancy Sinatra
Herbert C. Hoover with the Daniel Boone Cola
Franklin D. Roosevelt with the Maytag wringer-washer
Harry S Truman with the Birdseye frozen food
Ike Eisenhower with the Smith & Wesson
Jack Kennedy with the Whitman Sampler
Lyndon Johnson with Daisy May Scraggs Yokum
I count all things I witness I am a teller
The seventh day is not the seventh day because the seventh day is the first day
The seventh month is not the seventh month because the seventh month is the ninth month
Schubert's seventh symphony is not Schubert's seventh symphony because Schubert's seventh symphony is Schubert's ninth symphony
Make these lists of things in Saigon Vung Tau Cat Lo Nha Be An Thoi Ha Tien Phan Thiet Ham Tan Cam Ranh Qui Nhon Nha Trang Da Nang Bien Hoa all places I've been
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