The Ghost at 1600

The nightmare began not long ago when our country's morale was disgustingly low.
The bill that would save large company dues, forecasted demise in the days that ensued.

Back at the White House Bush smiled away, while patting his back and yelling "Hooray!"
"I fixed the things that I said I would. Like milk does a body, I did America good."

Rushing the door with a look of concern was Julie Vasquez, Bush's young intern.
"I've come to see if you'll change your tune. Perhaps you acted way too soon?"

"Julie, I like you, you make tasty coffee. Now march yourself out and bring me a latte."
With that he ignored her innocent question and continued to work by admiring his reflection.

"I like what I see," Bush told himself and continued his praise unaware of someone else.
The air grew cold and blew down his neck, "Is someone else out there? C'mon, what the heck?"

What Bush didn't know was that he'd set the ball rolling. Julie had felt it and needed consoling.
She went home with terror infecting her soul and prayed that her country would indeed remain whole.

Right before bedtime, Laura tucked George in tight. He slipped into rainbows on unicorns that night.
He dreamt of all the glorious praise his country would grant him the very next day.

During his magnificent dream, he saw something frightening, unreal it would seem.
A figure Bush knew appeared that night with a rope-burned neck, and hate in his sight.

"I am the ghost that you created. I'm pleased to say that you are ill-fated.
You've pushed your people to the brink, and now your country is doomed to sink.

"You claimed that I had invisible weapons, completely unfounded and I'll teach you a lesson.
You took from me my country and sons. I curse that your life becomes undone."

Bush awoke only mildly surprised. Did his arch nemesis survive his demise?
He calmed himself down, in the mirror he stood, "Like milk does a body, I did my country good."

That day at the office would not start out great, the Dow Jones had dropped the most points to date.
Bush shrugged it all off as not worth pursuing, this couldn't have happened because of his doing.