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Inbox A Limerick for Marie Yovanovitch ’80

By Larry Greenfield ’64
Published online January 31, 2020
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In Response to: Nov. 19, 2019: Yovanovitch ’80 Speaks at Public Impeachment Hearing

An ambassador threatened by Trump
Simply outclassed the dimwitted chump
As her resolute style
Showed both sides of the aisle
Just how worthy he would be to dump.

Larry Greenfield ’64
Forest Hills, N.Y.

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