Buckaroo Borden
A Sonnet that Keeps it One Hundred for D.K. Shepard
Sir Robert Borden, blustering tory!
Teacher, lawyer, banker, legislator;
One of many authors of our story
You look like a gruff, disgruntled waiter!
Your zeal for war moved you to conscript boys
Which filled Quebec with mad indignation;
Their sons they did not want to be your toys
In bloody games far from our cold nation
Of suffrage you were a bold champion
War measures you were happy to enact
Knighted you were by island Albion
To you, we owe an income tax...exact
One hundred dollar notes wear your moustache
Who better, to be patron saint of cash?
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You are warmly encouraged to congratulate D.K. Shephard for the publication of their one hundredth story, and to take part in this challenge, devised to celebrate that sweet centennial:
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D. J. Reddall
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