- Sep 16, 2000
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I must admit, I have misunderestimated the man's creative genius
[Laura Bush] revealed that President Bush had penned a poem for her when she got back from a five-day solo trip to Europe, where she attended a book festival in Moscow and visited France -- getting two kisses on the hand from French President Jacques Chirac.
"President Bush is a great leader and a husband, but I bet you didn't know he is also quite the poet," she said. "Upon returning home last night from my long trip I found a lovely poem waiting there for me."
As her husband watched quietly, she recited it.
"Roses are red/Violets are blue/Oh my, lump in the bed/How I've missed you."
Bush sometimes refers to his wife as a lump in the bed.
Mrs. Bush went on:
"Roses are redder/Bluer am I/Seeing you kissed by that charming French guy."
And then the finale:
"The dogs and the cat, they missed you too/Barney's still mad you dropped him, he ate your shoe/The distance, my dear, has been such a barrier/Next time you want an adventure, just land on a carrier."
