When Sarah Palin gave this speech, it was a disjointed mumble of insanity. When William Shatner performs it, it’s strangely beautiful. The bongos might have something to do with it.
William Shatner Reads Sarah Palin’s Farewell Speech
Brian Spears
Brian Spears is Senior Poetry Editor of The Rumpus and the author of A Witness in Exile (Louisiana Literature Press, 2011). His poem “Upon Reading That Andromeda Will One Day Devour Triangulum and Come For Us Next” was featured in Season 9 of Motion Poems.