WALTER CRONKITE

HE PAID HIS DUES AS A HOUSTON REPORTER,
LEARNING HIS LINES FROM THE BOTTOM UP.
WALTER CRONKITE , THE INK STAINED WRETCH,
FILLED OVERFLOWING , THE CBS 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 SUPER - STAR,
A SUPER - STAR BEFOR IT WAS VOGUE.
MAYBE THE RIGHT PLACE , THE RIGHT TIME,
WHETHER A TEXAS DRAWL OR IRISH LEAGUE.

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

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