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Dr. Anthony Fauci
Sometimes appeared quite grouchy;
For often ex-POTUS D Trump,
Was a major COVID road bump!
Hee hee! I think I may have achieved a real literary Clerihew here, thanks again to the originator of the form, Edmund Clerihew Bentley, if I remember correctly. That’s not, unfortunately, Adelaide Crapsey, who invented the cinquain, a somewhat different verse form, I sometimes confuse with the clerihew, and a Crapsey who must certainly be distinguished from Algernon Sidney Crapsey. [Time out while I confer with Wikipedia.]. Ah, yes. Algernon Sidney Crapsey was a well known Episcopal clergyman, who in 1906, was defrocked for heresy. An Episcopal clergyman! Defrocked? Heresy? Wow! Times, they have changed. Nowadays, my impression is that Episcopal clergymen can disavow any major doctrine without any major consequence. I almost joined the Episcopal church, even attended for a while, for I loved the old prayerbook. However, when I came to the Episcopal/Catholic crossroad, I, with my family, chose Catholic because of the inherent truth and stability of its doctrinal Nicene Creed center. There are many things wrong with the Catholic Church, including the disgusting clergy child abuse, but as long as the credal center holds, so hold I. [Oh, ASC died in 1913, FYI.]
I am reading a delightful book by the Catholic author, Peter Kreeft, entitled 40 Reasons Why I Am a Catholic (or something close to that title); I found his reasons sound and good. I read the first three reasons completely, then read down the list of the 40 titles; then I bought his book, kindle edition. [He has written 80 or more religious texts; I heard him read a good essay on Tolkien long ago at a Christianity and Literature conference in either Wheaton or Chicago, Rosie would probably remember. She’s younger than I am.]
Back to FAUCI and these delightful photos I found on Wikipedia:
This image certainly validates the Clerihew. But: Did you hear that ex-POTUS DT wanted one of the government agencies, while he was POTUS, to go after Jimmy Kimmel and other late-night comedians? “Was there nothing the agency could do?”, he asked. OMG!
So far, an admirable man: Dr. Anthony FAUCI.