BEAUTIFUL PHRASE

           Every time I walk outside,

           Somebody says it.

           And the funny thing is,

           Everybody thinks

           I’m hearing it for the first time.

           “YOU’RE FIRED!”

           I get it literally 100 times a day.

           Little kids come up to me and say,

           “Mr. Trump, YOU’RE FIRED!”

           And then run away, laughing.

           It became a mania.

           “YOU’RE FIRED!” hats and T-shirts

           Sell like hotcakes.

           It’s a beautiful phrase.

                         October 2004

                         PLAYBOY