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US President Barack Obama at today's inauguration. Carolyn Kaster/AP/Press Association Images

In full: The inaugural poem 'One Today'

The poem was written and performed by 44-year-old Richard Blanco.

AS PART OF today’s presidential inauguration, an inaugural poem was read aloud.

To poem chosen to mark the second term of President Barack Obama was called ‘One Today’ and was written and performed by Richard Blanco.

The choice of poem made its own history, with it being the first time that an inaugural poet was Hispanic.

He was also the first gay inaugural poet and at 44-years-old, the youngest.

The poem can be read in its entirety here.

(The Wall Street Journal/YouTube)

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    Mute Homer's imp son
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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:26 PM

    Articles like these only perpetuate this nonsense

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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:33 PM

    Multiple clown sightings around the Kildare Street area.

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    Mute Brian Farrell
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    Oct 12th 2016, 9:05 PM

    Pull up at the lights not do long ago. Looked left and noticed a clown fully dressed up in the next car. On his way to a kids party no doubt. I lowered the windows and beeped the horn. His shoulders dropped and his head bowed. He looked at me with a “I’ve heard it all before” look. I asked him “how the fook do you drive in them shoes”. He actually smiled and drown off like a clown.

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    Mute Normal Josephine
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    Oct 12th 2016, 11:12 PM

    A few around dame street too I believe

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    Mute Darren McDonnell
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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:23 PM

    The world has gone f*ckin mental

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    Mute David Conroy
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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:42 PM

    “Ronald, your’e fired ! And you too Donald ”

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    Mute John Collins
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    Oct 12th 2016, 8:36 PM

    @Darren McDonnell: Generation of pussies thanks to political correctness and liberals.

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    Mute Aaron Gibson
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    Oct 13th 2016, 6:43 PM

    What ever happened to good oul lynching.

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    Mute Barton Hobbes
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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:20 PM

    Was under the impression he’d started it.

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    Mute Dj
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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:27 PM

    Next clown I see is getting a baseball bat to the head….repeatedly…till death.

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    Mute Daniel Fontaine
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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:29 PM

    @Dj:
    It’s reaching that point all right. Time to bring this circus to an end.

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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:32 PM

    But the only way to kill a circus is to go for the juggler…

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    Mute Dj
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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:38 PM

    My girlfriend has a fear of clowns like,she’s really bad..first time we met she told me but I sent her a pic of John Wayne Gacy in his clown suit..she fcked me right off on the phone..I knew there and then she was the one for me.

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    Oct 12th 2016, 8:04 PM

    Urgh…. hipsters needing attention

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    Mute Daniel Fontaine
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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:24 PM

    Whenever my daughter (she’s six) is being obstreperous I say in a very stern voice:
    ‘If you don’t behave I’ll take you to McDonald’s and make you eat a burger’
    She quickly calms down.

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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:39 PM

    Obste wha!? Bore off!!!

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    Oct 12th 2016, 8:33 PM

    I’m assuming you have this conversation with your daughter while you’re on your way to Burger King. After all, with delicious flame grilled 100% Irish beef burgers served in a freshly baked bundy and a side helping of sumptuous golden potato chips, it really is the only choice. Burger King. Have it your way.

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    Oct 12th 2016, 9:43 PM

    The actual pain after reading this comment is a real thing..

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    Oct 12th 2016, 8:02 PM

    They will be wearing their hoodies and trackies again once Halloween is over.

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    Oct 12th 2016, 10:41 PM

    McDonald’s have killed more people over the years than any crazy clown could.

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    Oct 12th 2016, 10:29 PM

    Is that really the best photo of Ronald McDonald ye could get? That’s just a fat guy in an ill-fitting costume!

    Surely one from the McDonald’s website/press office would have been better?

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    Oct 14th 2016, 8:28 AM

    No Donal, that’s what Ronald looks like now after his Happy Meals !

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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:58 PM

    Plenty of clowns in the Dail, must be those they are referring to

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    Oct 12th 2016, 11:34 PM

    Can’t sleep… clown’ll eat me….

    https://youtu.be/PZcfGRroiaA

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    Oct 12th 2016, 8:17 PM

    I hear Jose Duterte has a remedy

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