On the Occasion Of

Jesse Doiron

January 3, 2021

Those who have lived long

count not in years

but in occasions.

Calendars and clocks

tell well the time,

not our emotions.

Popes will come and go

and governments.

Kings begin and end.

Their ceremonies

deign the dates with

mindful memories.

So comes first moment

of our leader’s

careful, crafted words.

Inauguration.

January.

Day. Time. Emotion.

Those who have lived long

count not in years

but in occasions.

Jesse Doiron was once wrestled to the ground by bodyguards of Eduard Shevardnadze, at the time, the president of the Republic of Georgia.  The first secretary of the American embassy, who witnessed incident, quickly brushed aside the fracas– a minor misunderstanding.  It was then that Jesse realized presidents command attention.