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Rhiannon12866

(204,494 posts) Fri May 15, 2020, 04:30 AM May 2020

Stephen Colbert: John Lithgow Reads "Rabid Rudy," A Poem From His New Book "Trumpty Dumpty"

John Lithgow's new book "Trumpty Dumpty," the follow-up to his bestselling book of poems and illustrations called "Dumpty," might not have been finished in time were it not for these months of quarantine.

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Stephen Colbert: John Lithgow Reads "Rabid Rudy," A Poem From His New Book "Trumpty Dumpty" (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 May 2020 OP

Prose for the Ages bucolic_frolic May 2020 #1

I cringe to think of what history will make of this dark time in our country Rhiannon12866 May 2020 #2

bucolic_frolic

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1. Prose for the Ages

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Fri May 15, 2020, 07:36 AM

May 2020

Classic from a real wordsmith. I suspect it will be remembered hundreds of years from now.

Rhiannon12866

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2. I cringe to think of what history will make of this dark time in our country

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Fri May 15, 2020, 09:12 AM

May 2020

But I agree that one bright spot will be the legacy left by the clever John Lithgow.

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