On Christopher Columbus, Pete Rose, and Texas Schools
Written by John Streamas
Monday, 08 October 2012 04:52
Columbus Day, 2012
In fourteen hundred ninety-two
Columbus sailed the oceans blue,
Though planting flags was not indicative
Of what he’d do to all those natives.
In nineteen hundred eighty-five
Pete Rose kept fans’ hopes alive,
Broke Ty Cobb’s record, which they knew he’d do
At forty-one hundred and ninety-two.
Though Rose, like Columbus, is much discredited,
Texas schools will teach them unedited,
As the heroes that the myths proclaimed,
No qualifying asterisks beside their names.
In fourteen hundred ninety-two
Columbus sailed the oceans blue,
Though planting flags was not indicative
Of what he’d do to all those natives.
In nineteen hundred eighty-five
Pete Rose kept fans’ hopes alive,
Broke Ty Cobb’s record, which they knew he’d do
At forty-one hundred and ninety-two.
Though Rose, like Columbus, is much discredited,
Texas schools will teach them unedited,
As the heroes that the myths proclaimed,
No qualifying asterisks beside their names.
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