When the Ray Gun wasn’t on his meds,
he might, off the cuff, say, "Nuke the Reds."
Once he’d shouted, like a baseball call,
"Mister Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
But he wasn’t able to conceal
that he’d made an Iran-Contra deal.
Later, when his brain was giving in,
he was mostly Mommy’s mannequin.
History shows his coin as two-sided.
Many deem his policies misguided.
Poor folks called him old son of a bitch.
But he was a hero to the rich.