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Since caveman’s entertainment Most bankable commodities Are peeks at the unusual Assorted, sordid oddities The giant and the pygmy Will get us all a ’gawking About these jests of nature It’s clear we can’t stop talking Some might be proven hoaxes By any, canny scholar...
Facts, it’s said, are stubborn things We simply have to face them Except, of course, by happenstance When other facts replace them But when I view the current crop The fact of which I’m certain Is, in the Democratic camp, No one’s behind the curtain If all you talking...
If I were asked to speak To students earning their degree I’ve thought a lot about The kind of speech that it would be One thing I know for certain It won’t be about me A topic I considered That quickly I rejected Was how I missed the NHL Because I’ve...
As we prepare for battle And the campaign trail approaches I say the whole dang country Should be run by college coaches They take on raw recruits And then they turn them into winners Let’s let them work their magic On Obama’s rank beginners Their staffs, who’re...
Reflecting on this moment’s fears My thoughts go back two thousand years I think of how it happened then The Judge of all was judged by men Condemned because he spoke good news And charged as king; King of the Jews Yet in his heart he held no wrath He chose to walk...
They say that love is blind, my friends But politics is blinder Forgive me if you’ve heard this But we all need a reminder So if, when viewing media It all seems out of kilter Remember what you’re seeing there Is coming through a filter The punditry is windy...
Those people who remember what life was like before Velcro will also remember the phrase, “Only Nixon could go to China.” Back in those pre-Velcro days, politicians who even sampled Won-Ton soup were considered pink when it came to dealings with the godless Chinese...
It’s happening all over Just like you remember when The vast right wing conspiracy Is on the move again They’ve got their pitchforks sharpened And their banners all unfurled To see if they can stop The smartest woman in the world Their motives may be many But their...
I woke up in the morning And I felt like eggs Laid by California chickens Who can stretch their legs Eggs sold in California Now are more expensive ‘Cause chicken regulations here Are more extensive And if I want to scramble here or poach or fry here There’s...
Poets have a duty As this poet’s often said To see the world around them From inside another’s head To question all assumptions And to challenge every truth Which helps us do that duty Which, you know, is saying sooth And I attempt each Friday...
In Simon Gray’s play “Otherwise Engaged” the lead character, Hench, is confronted by a man named Bernard Wood. The echo of Birnam Wood coming to Dunsinane in Macbeth leaves the protagonist uneasy. When I heard who was leading forces in Libya, I had the same feeling....
I’ve always been so grateful To the folks at NBC They’ve done the best they can To make a better man of me They told me to eat vegetables And how to raise my kids With strategies to help avoid The plague and AIDS and SIDS They told me not to bully And what exercise to...
Tell him the story. He'll find the verse in it.