When I was just a little lad It seemed a feat so long To linger on that nice list And not do nuthin’ wrong The carols all convinced me With every rum-pum-pum The calendar was frozen And Kris Kringle wouldn’t come But now each Christmas morning Is gone before I blink It’s been for me [...]
It isn’t quite the Christmas That you and I had planned Santa Claus is missing And mistletoe’s been banned We don’t go window shopping Through windows anymore Amazon has come and gone And shuttered up the store The air is dry and dusty The noble fir’s not fresh The ACLU is going to sue To [...]
If you had taken civics class You would have known by now The way a bill becomes a law. It’s quite a job (and how!) The process can be daunting A massive undertaking Akin to stable sweeping And quite like sausage-making Those of you who didn’t know Have Schoolhouse Rock to tell you And if [...]
John Conyers had a nasty week Al Franken’s has been rough Let’s all agree embarrassment Is punishment enough He can’t recall the names Of any ladies he’s abused Besides, for cheerful huggers Such behavior is excused Joe Biden, for example Has been groping with impunity And when he was Vice President He granted Al immunity [...]
Hand in hand, at table sitting Its proper, right and meet and fitting That on Thanksgiving we all share Gratitude in quiet prayer But I say we should give a roar For all the things were thankful for And raise our voices and the mood In fine, full-throated gratitude For this great land that we [...]
Although we know That simple words won’t chase away disease Most of us will offer a, “God bless you” If you sneeze And though we’d rather run From the array of germs you’re sharing We’ll speak this brief connection And display a little caring And if we know you’re cramming For that test to pass [...]
I wake I work I wonder What sets the days design Is this the last sun that youll see Or is the last look mine? Did we, before creation Watch as the clock was set And like the great Greek in the poem Accept the time we get? Do we all sign the bargain The [...]
You recall our Founding Fathers Warned that we could fall to faction But had they known the Clintons Theyd have warned us of distraction For every dirty enterprise In which theyre implicated Theyve side-stepped retribution Cause theyve made things complicated And we have, in search of justice Hopeful expectations shattered As theyve caught us up [...]
Of all the words of tongue and pen That bring a person sorrow I think, by far, the cruelest are Ill get to it tomorrow. For whether you are free from want Of find yourself in need Tomorrow is the single thing That no ones guaranteed It only takes an instant To destroy whats stood [...]
The phone rings and somehow you know it’s not good news We all have so much and so much to lose Hello, you say bravely to the night Wishing you were wrong But you were right. Your mother isn’t doing well Her doctor told you Time will tell But neither has that bedside touch And [...]