So. Farewell then
Barack Hussein Obama
The Audacity of Hope
For five January days
We believed
The world could change
And then New Hampshire
Told you
They’d changed their minds
Instead.
With apologies to EJ Thribb (17 ½)
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Coming soon:
To mark the start of USA 2008 
this column is taking temporary residence deep in the snows of New Hampshire.
Please see From Scratch for a specially syndicated Roads of Stone, reporting on the US primaries.
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