GW BRIDGE TOO FAR

What color was George Washington's white hair?

Beneath the wig

beneath the legend

underneath the regal oils

and marble we know him as

what was George's head like?

What did he think?

What did he feel?

What did he believe

about this empire he founded?

What was his hair like

and was he going bald?

What would George say today

if he found his way to come from yesterday

to today

and see the world he created?

What would he find

as he looked at us

slave-freeing

Northern-ruled

anglophilic

good dental people that we are?

Would he be proud?

Would he buy a toupee?

What would go on inside his head?

And what did, back then?

Who was this George W. we elected?

And what went on beneath his wig?

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