Baton Rouge

Ars Long(a),Vitas brevis!
As you walk from Greyhound
to the state capitol
You experience
a Long history of Louisiana:
Russell, Earl, Huey.
What if they hadn't
assassinated the Kingfish in 35,
and he had beaten FDR in 36?
Would everyman have become a king?
It would take a Philip Roth
to explore that novel idea.