Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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The Pool. Whatever would lure a leader To organize a motorcade To drive down the middle Of a helpless, drained pool? Water is indeed heavy With great distributed weight, But driving heavy 20,000-pound armoured vehicles, Concentrating great weight In a single line, Possibly demonstrates A lack of judgement. Should a leader govern by impulse Or rather with rational empiricism? Perhaps that is why we are, Where we are. On May 7, 2026 President Trump drove through the newly resurface reflection pool to inspect the completed work before it was refilled. Frank Maurer 4 July 2026 1020 Hiours.