Slate has an interesting collection of poems, interesting because of their source
In his testimony and depositions, Roger Clemens has hurled a poetic masterpiece, with a repertoire that ranges from free-form verse to haiku. The poems that follow are the pitcher's exact words, excerpted from transcripts of Wednesday's testimony and the deposition the pitcher gave to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform earlier this month
These are my favorite (you can read them all here)
"Offensive Haiku"
I am offended.
I will be honest with you.
I am offended.
—Feb. 5, 2008, deposition
"Ghost Andy"
He looked at me,
Wringing his hands,
White as a ghost
And asked me
What are you going
To tell them?
And I told him
I'm going out there
To tell the truth.—Feb. 13, 2008, hearing
"Somebody's Tried To Break My Spirit in This Room"
Somebody's tried to break my spirit in this room.
They're not going to break my spirit.
I'm going to continue to go out
And do the things that I love to do,
And try and be honest and genuine
To every person I can be.
It's the way I was brought up.
It's what I know.
—Feb. 5, 2008, deposition
"Me"
I have never smoked a cigarette.
I have never smoked dope.
I have never done cocaine.
I would not put anything—
Allow anybody to put anything—
In my body
That's going to be harmful to me.
That's who I am.—Feb. 5, 2008, deposition
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