白宮的老主人

西方民主社會，風水輪流轉，今年到你家。

照片上這五位，四位共和黨，一位民主黨，都曾經叱吒風雲，是白宮的舊主人。

可是尼克鬆去了，裏根去了，福特也去了。

剩下老布什和卡特總統倆個了。

棺材來啦！

Mourners watching a color guard carry former President Ford's casket include (front row, from left): President Bush, first lady Laura Bush, Lynne Cheney, wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, former President Jimmy Carter, former first lady Rosalynn Carter and former first lady Nancy Reagan; (second row, from left) former President George H.W. Bush, former first lady Barbara Bush, Doro Bush, sister of President Bush, former President Bill Clinton, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton.

上麵這一張，是白宮的新貴。可終究也都是一個一個要去的。雖然，不免也一樣備極了人世的哀榮。

真正是：鐵打的衙門，流水的兵！

棺材又走啦！

還是《紅樓夢》裏說的好：爾今死去儂收葬，未卜儂身何日喪？儂今葬花人笑癡，他年葬儂知是誰？

試看春殘花漸落，便是紅顏老死時。一朝春盡紅顏老，花落人亡兩不知。