Poem

I'm taking an intro to poetry class this semester, and so far it has been pretty basic, normal stuff. So, a little bored, I decided to have fun with this week's assignment. We had to create a poem where the first line was a quote. This could open up the field for a lot of grandiose and overblown attempts to make a poem that was just as inspiring as the quote itself. I decided to go the other way on this one and just have fun with it. Here is my poem:

"Mark Twain"

"Clothes Make the man
Naked people have little
Or no influence on society."
Did you ever test this
sweeping statement of yours?
What a sight that would be
Down by the Mississippi.
The famous author and satirist renowned
Nude as God made him, running around.
I wonder what would have come of this,
Incarceration or a Romantic tryst?
The history books would read different today.
The author of Tom Sawyer, a nudist you say?
Would your work be esteemed as high?
Or would people just call you that naked guy
Who wrote about slaves and an Aunt named Polly?
Well that'd be changing society by golly!
Unfortunately though nobody knows
What would have happened if you took off your clothes.

I really hope my poetry teacher doesn't take herself too seriously and is able to see the humor here. I'm sure she'll let me know come time for grades.