Friday, January 12, 2018

No. 247: Y-chromosome On The Range



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(with apologies to Daniel E. Kelley and Dr. Brewster M. Higley)

This chere's a “poem”
'bout the Y-chromosome
that makes all things female fair prey.
To us it's just flirt.
(My God! That's a tight skirt!
What-you-mean, take my hand away?)

Why? Y-chromosome!
Allow me your fears to allay.
I never heard
your discouraging word.
I thought we agreed that we play.

I've nothing but praise
for those goodoledaze
when a fella could do what he likes.
When you stupid sluts
kept your fat yaps shut
and now you're dumb dykes wearing mikes.

Y-, Y-chromosome.
Back when — whether bi-, straight or gay —
if you were a famous
and rich ignoramus,
no one dared to get in your way.

Thursday, January 11, 2018

No. 246: Poor, Poor Ivanka

(with apologies to Nöel Coward)

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Poor, poor Ivanka.
You thought you'd conquer
whatever you like.
Opposing Bannon
you put your plan in
and got him spiked.
Your crazy Daddy's got the whole world wond'ring
what's bound to come of all his oafish blund'ring.
You may be smart but
your Dad's a Looney Tune.

The world's attention
and apprehension
steadily grows.
Schlurring his speeches.
(Pooping his breeches?)
And so it goes.
Can it be long before Pence pulls the trigger*,
replaces the buffoon?
Poor, poor Ivanka,
thish cannot end too soon.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

No. 245: The Trump Sputtered Banner


Oh say can you see, by the dawn's bing, bing, bing,
what so proudly we deal'd, at the bankruptcy hearing,
whose broad hips and gold stars through the dee dee dee dee
or the TV we watched FOX & Friends streaming?
Li'l rocket man's stare. (Who was Fred Astaire?)
Gave proof through the night that my Big Mac was there.
Ozzie and Harriet Steve Bannon should shave.
Orlando is free and some homos are brave!

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

No. 244: Proverbs 11:25 - 29 Redux

Part King Lear,
part Willy Loman,
this unpresidented
carnival showman,
needy, praise-craving, 
greedy, unhinged,
madly sad-raving, 
inherits the wind.
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25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Monday, January 8, 2018

No. 243: Calm At The Center

Shirts on floor.
Wolff at door.
Nixon encore?

Mueller stalking.
Aides not talking.
Dead man walking?

Tweets nocturnal.
Hicks eternal.
Wall Street Journal?

Alarm clock.
Murdoch.
Aftershock.

Able, stable.
Watching cable.
Book is fable!

Big Mac famished.
Bannon banished.
No habla español.

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