WALTER CRONKITE

HE PAID HIS DUES AS A HOUSTON REPORTER,
LEARNING HIS LINES FROM THE BOTTOM , UP.
WALTER CRONKITE , THE INK-STAINED WRETCH,
FILLED OVER-FLOWING , THE C.B.S CUP.

GET IT RIGHT OR NOT AT ALL,
THAT WAS THE ESSENCE , A NEWSMAN'S NEWS.
INTUITION SEPARATED FACT FROM FICTION,
THE GOLD , PANNED FROM INK-STAINED DUES.

CRONKITE WAS THE FIRST SUPERSTAR,
A SUPERSTAR BEFORE IT WAS VOGUE.
MAYBE THE RIGHT PLACE , THE RIGHT TIME,
WHETHER A TEXAS DRAWL OR IRISH BROGUE.

NOT A SUPERSTAR BUT AN INSTITUTION,
PEOPLE TRUSTED , WHAT WALTER WOULD SAY.
SAVOIR-FAIRE , ''THAT'S THE WAT IT IS'',
CRONKITE , THE GREATEST , ON HIS GIVEN DAY.

WAYNE MANNION
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