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Watch: James Franco’s poem for Obama

Firstly, who knew that this Hollywood hottie is a writer? A man of many talents, isn’t he?

The stud already has two books under his belt and a poetry collection due to be released next year.

So, I’m guessing that he jumped at the opportunity when Yahoo! asked James to write something for President Obama’s inauguration.

I found the poem a bit too deep and confusing, it was filled with way too many blah blaah blaaah’s. You get my drift?

Anyway, here is a stanza that really stood out for me:

“If I were to act in the film about Obama,
All I would need to get down, aside from the outer stuff—
And I know that’s important—is his essential kindness,
I’d let the writer put in all the political crap,”

And that’s about the only thing that made sense.



 What do you think of the poem?
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