Thomas Jefferson
How different now is it
From Thomas Jefferson’s
day?
What aberrant political
skit
Is presently in play?
Tom’s enemies abundant,
From Hamilton to John
Adams.
His love for political order
constant,
Endless pursuit of harmony
he fathomed.
His ways and means
paradoxical
His peers appear wiser,
George the smartest,
Tom’s mercurial enterprises
clear and more logical,
When we see his natural
vocation as artist.
Politics to him not a
dispiriting distraction,
An avenue making almost
anything possible.
Never a man of inaction,
A creative impulse for the
plausible.
Personal and political
contradictions
Notwithstanding, a brief
dynasty enduring,
He generated an executive
legacy of successful convictions
With Madison, Monroe,
Jackson, and Van Buren.
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