by Steven Kent

“To Show His Health Credentials, Kennedy Ditches His Shirt”
—The New York Times

Bobby, Bobby, he’s our man,
Buffest of his Bay State clan!
Rarely do our Cabinet Secs
Boast a set of sculpted pecs.

Fears no virus, dreads no germ,
Brain half-eaten by a worm—
Sadly (should we cry or laugh?)
Bob retains the lesser half.