Monthly Archives: July 2020

Not the Narrative

We all have studied LIT-RAT-URE Both basic and comparative And understand our goal should be To recognize the narrative   And if we paid attention We gathered, did we not The moral of a story Is more than just the plot   It seems the same with politics The story has a purpose But everything [...]

My Kind of Town

California’s sunny But the rents are way too high I need to make some money So it’s time to say buh-bye   My wife says we should look into Some leisure or resort-land But all things being equal I think we’ll move to Portland   Portland is progressive And a welcoming community I heard on [...]

21 Reasons (more or less)

When the worst ideas you ever heardGet popular endorsementWhen nothing is a felonyExcept for law enforcementWhen politicians can’t recallThe promises they madeWhen offering to give and takeThey only give you shadeWhen calamities continueAnd the media is thrilledWhen the pedestals are emptyAnd the hospitals are filledWhen disruptions are permittedBut no praying in the pewsWhen you need [...]

I’m Just a Bill…de Blasio

Approaching the creation of Essential legislation Takes a cadre of consultants And painstaking preparation   Environmental impact Must be studied and addressed While its ultimate effectiveness Is measured and assessed   Lobbyists are heard from And their random righteous flunkies While the text is typed out neatly On Remingtons, by monkeys   Committees then assemble [...]

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