A clerihew

[rhu]

In response to the detail
Now flowing across my friends page, RSS aggregator, and "News Alert!" e-mail
About the death of former Senator Jesse Helms
My grief underwhelms

Comments

[jadelennox]

On this, our nation's natal day, I find
some news can reassure me, give me glee.
It isn't schadenfreude, but This too
shall pass.

[tahnan.livejournal.com]

As I said to my wife, "Ah, Jesse. We wish we hardly knew ye."

[sethg]

shemale wisely observes that even if you can't speak ill of the dead, surely you can quote them.