Meeting President Clinton

Meeting Bill Clinton

42nd President of the United States of America

by Live Music Head

LMH waiting to meet Bill Clinton 11/21/11

On this day back in 1946,

Bill Clinton,

the 42nd President of the United States of America,

was born.

And I find myself remembering how I whined

about having to freeze my ass off on Bay St,

for hours,

waiting to meet him,

while the Secret Service swept the Manulife Centre.

It was a really cold day in Toronto,

the twenty-first day of November, 2011.

When the line finally started moving,

I whined even more when I was told I had to
strip down

by removing my coat, keys, camera, and phone,

to place in a plastic bin

(just like at the airport)

before entering Chapters Indigo

where the former U.S. President was doing a book signing.

I was told I could only retrieve my belongings

upon exiting the store.

But ya know what?

It was all worth it.

For once inside,

I was surrounded by powerful men in dark suits.

And I gotta say,

I just love a powerful man in a suit when he’s the first

to extend his arm to shake my hand.

Especially when the hand belongs to

a former leader of the United States,

and he looks me straight on with those eyes
while doing so.

Live Music Head:

“It’s a pleasure to meet you Mister President.

I just love saxophone players.”

A smile spread across The President’s face.

“I saw you in the Rolling Stones film Shine a Light,

and what a hoot seeing you back stage

when Keith Richards yelled out:

“Hey Clinton, I’m Bushed!’”

Bill Clinton: “That’s right! And I loved it!”

With an autographed copy of Clinton's new book 

tucked under my arm

(Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government 

for a Strong Economy),

I was then ushered away by one of them powerful dark suits,

with my heart fluttering like a sixteen-year-old.
For when I made him smile,
I fell in love with the krinkles that formed around those eyes.
In fact,
within the 2 minutes I got to spend with him,

I was so completely charmed by Mr President

that I forgot what I read in Monica Lewinsky’s book...

about the lyin’ cheatin’ coward he was. 

Get ready to strip... as in strip-tease!
Because this is Bill Clinton playing Heartbreak Hotel
with a sexy saxophone
on The Arsenio Hall Show...