Cheeky Taft
If William Howard Taft were here
he’d tell you that seats today
are nowhere near wide enough.
How’s a man supposed to get comfortable
when two-thirds of his butt is hanging
off the side of the chair?
And don’t get me started about car seats.
Okay, so Taft probably sat in the back of
a big wide limo with plenty of room
around his cheeks, but I’ll tell you what.
Car seats are two damned narrow.
This is my response to Calling All Early Birds, the early starter prompt on March 31 from napowrimo.net, which is to write a poem inspired by a fun fact.
Image source: Library of Congress via The Amazing Fact Generator at Mental Floss.
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I think you had fun with the fun fact, Ken. 🙂
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I did! 😀
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This is the first poem I’ve ever read about William Taft’s buttocks! A perfect absurdity to start my day.
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Ha! Thank you!
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You’re welcome! 😀
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Ha! You said it. A supplementary fun fact: They Built a Chair for Him in the Riverside Mission Inn. It is still there for all to see.
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Cheeky
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😀
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I never realized Taft was famous for his size until my 8 year old grandson played him in a school program. He wore a cardboard bathtub.
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lol
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