A SUCKED ORANGE
The President.Root, Secretary of State.
ROOT:O world-power President, strenuous, mighty-mouthed, audible, able,Director of destiny,arbiter morum, compeller of princes,Why this dejected demeanor, this sighing that signifies somethingGone wrong with the organ wherewith you were happy aforetime? O, keep meNo longer a-guessing: divulge to your faithful Elihu the hiddenVermicular monster that gnaws at the core of the executive bosom—Nay, feeds on the damask of that which mainly attests your distinction.PRESIDENT:Alas, ’tis no worm that is secretly plying the hardy incision;From troubles intestinal I and my country have present exemption—Albeit the Democrats, turbulent ever and always disloyal,Continue to shout of political contributions, demandingA needless accounting, and some hint at restitution. My sorrowHas better foundation. King Edward of England has joined the MikadoIn making a shameless alliance to tighten their grip upon Asia!ROOT:Why, surely, my master, we have the advantage: this compact secures usContinuous peace in the Orient, gives us the door that is open.Prevents the partition of China—in brief it establishes firmlyAll that my great predecessor(aside)(whom the Angel of Death, in his wisdom,Removed from my path to the White House)(aloud)so gallantly strove to accomplish.PRESIDENT:What’s that got to do with it, idiot? A broad-minded statesman (behold him!)O’erlooks, like a man on a stepladder, trivial and transient advantage,Discerning the meaning and menace of methods that mark the achievement.Not once in all the proceedings that led to this hardy allianceWas uttered, or written, or thought of, the name of Theodore Roosevelt![Exit.]ROOT (solus):O, dammit! why should they consult him?— there wasn’t a roasting chestnutTo pull from the fire—and his fingers still smart from the Peace of Portsmouth.
ROOT:O world-power President, strenuous, mighty-mouthed, audible, able,Director of destiny,arbiter morum, compeller of princes,Why this dejected demeanor, this sighing that signifies somethingGone wrong with the organ wherewith you were happy aforetime? O, keep meNo longer a-guessing: divulge to your faithful Elihu the hiddenVermicular monster that gnaws at the core of the executive bosom—Nay, feeds on the damask of that which mainly attests your distinction.PRESIDENT:Alas, ’tis no worm that is secretly plying the hardy incision;From troubles intestinal I and my country have present exemption—Albeit the Democrats, turbulent ever and always disloyal,Continue to shout of political contributions, demandingA needless accounting, and some hint at restitution. My sorrowHas better foundation. King Edward of England has joined the MikadoIn making a shameless alliance to tighten their grip upon Asia!ROOT:Why, surely, my master, we have the advantage: this compact secures usContinuous peace in the Orient, gives us the door that is open.Prevents the partition of China—in brief it establishes firmlyAll that my great predecessor(aside)(whom the Angel of Death, in his wisdom,Removed from my path to the White House)(aloud)so gallantly strove to accomplish.PRESIDENT:What’s that got to do with it, idiot? A broad-minded statesman (behold him!)O’erlooks, like a man on a stepladder, trivial and transient advantage,Discerning the meaning and menace of methods that mark the achievement.Not once in all the proceedings that led to this hardy allianceWas uttered, or written, or thought of, the name of Theodore Roosevelt![Exit.]ROOT (solus):O, dammit! why should they consult him?— there wasn’t a roasting chestnutTo pull from the fire—and his fingers still smart from the Peace of Portsmouth.
ROOT:
O world-power President, strenuous, mighty-mouthed, audible, able,Director of destiny,arbiter morum, compeller of princes,Why this dejected demeanor, this sighing that signifies somethingGone wrong with the organ wherewith you were happy aforetime? O, keep meNo longer a-guessing: divulge to your faithful Elihu the hiddenVermicular monster that gnaws at the core of the executive bosom—Nay, feeds on the damask of that which mainly attests your distinction.
O world-power President, strenuous, mighty-mouthed, audible, able,
Director of destiny,arbiter morum, compeller of princes,
Why this dejected demeanor, this sighing that signifies something
Gone wrong with the organ wherewith you were happy aforetime? O, keep me
No longer a-guessing: divulge to your faithful Elihu the hidden
Vermicular monster that gnaws at the core of the executive bosom—
Nay, feeds on the damask of that which mainly attests your distinction.
PRESIDENT:
Alas, ’tis no worm that is secretly plying the hardy incision;From troubles intestinal I and my country have present exemption—Albeit the Democrats, turbulent ever and always disloyal,Continue to shout of political contributions, demandingA needless accounting, and some hint at restitution. My sorrowHas better foundation. King Edward of England has joined the MikadoIn making a shameless alliance to tighten their grip upon Asia!
Alas, ’tis no worm that is secretly plying the hardy incision;
From troubles intestinal I and my country have present exemption—
Albeit the Democrats, turbulent ever and always disloyal,
Continue to shout of political contributions, demanding
A needless accounting, and some hint at restitution. My sorrow
Has better foundation. King Edward of England has joined the Mikado
In making a shameless alliance to tighten their grip upon Asia!
ROOT:
Why, surely, my master, we have the advantage: this compact secures usContinuous peace in the Orient, gives us the door that is open.Prevents the partition of China—in brief it establishes firmlyAll that my great predecessor(aside)(whom the Angel of Death, in his wisdom,Removed from my path to the White House)(aloud)so gallantly strove to accomplish.
Why, surely, my master, we have the advantage: this compact secures us
Continuous peace in the Orient, gives us the door that is open.
Prevents the partition of China—in brief it establishes firmly
All that my great predecessor
(aside)
(whom the Angel of Death, in his wisdom,
Removed from my path to the White House)
(aloud)
so gallantly strove to accomplish.
PRESIDENT:
What’s that got to do with it, idiot? A broad-minded statesman (behold him!)O’erlooks, like a man on a stepladder, trivial and transient advantage,Discerning the meaning and menace of methods that mark the achievement.Not once in all the proceedings that led to this hardy allianceWas uttered, or written, or thought of, the name of Theodore Roosevelt![Exit.]
What’s that got to do with it, idiot? A broad-minded statesman (behold him!)
O’erlooks, like a man on a stepladder, trivial and transient advantage,
Discerning the meaning and menace of methods that mark the achievement.
Not once in all the proceedings that led to this hardy alliance
Was uttered, or written, or thought of, the name of Theodore Roosevelt!
[Exit.]
ROOT (solus):
O, dammit! why should they consult him?— there wasn’t a roasting chestnutTo pull from the fire—and his fingers still smart from the Peace of Portsmouth.
O, dammit! why should they consult him?— there wasn’t a roasting chestnut
To pull from the fire—and his fingers still smart from the Peace of Portsmouth.