Why

If you don’t bother to take the time,
To express your thoughts in rhyme,
The chances are awfully good,
You’ve not thought as much as you should.
Rhymes are fun and set the stage right,
Like lovers undressing before a fight…


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Keeping it real (estate)

It’s an emotional thing, when you sell

With no guaranty that it will go well.

People come traipsing through your home

Some are for real, and some just to roam.

Mostly though, they are all there to judge…

And about that price? They want you to budge.


Source: Never Forget

Never Forget

The years tick by but the memory’s raw.

So much has changed it’s a punch in the jaw.

Rudy back then was a terrific man…

Before becoming a lunacy fan.

But to the brave folks who gave up their lives

They are heroes always in the archives.


Source: The Economist

Fighting back

Ukraine is no longer fighting defense

And its effort and courage are immense.

It’s retaken land given up in the war

Something no one believed they could do before.

I hope their victories don’t inspire

Russians to come back with much more fire.


Source: The Economist

Her Royal Highness

Condolences to Britain on this day

When they’ve lost a leader, but not their way.

Charles will have very large shoes to fill

As he tends to his people, and their will.

She was a keeper, that much is for sure

Let’s hope that her legacy will endure.


Source: The Washington Post

Wonders never cease

Steve Bannon is now charged again with fraud.

This guy is really quite horribly flawed!

The right will cry out that it never stops,

That the left is again just busting his chops.

And it truly might seem like overkill

Except he’s always got his snout in the swill.


Source: The New York Post

Hard to believe

Let’s start with some thoughts about this notion

That someone in Florida would have devotion

To commit to a life serving others

And setting aside all of their druthers…

Do such people exist in this hot state?

Cuz it seems to be a hotbed of hate.


Source: Bloomberg

So what’s new?

Okay, sure, but how new could this be?
It’s not like always throughout history
Did all people wake up and say “Oh boy!
I’m off to work yet again, what a joy!”
Has “quiet quitting” not always been there?
Or now with a name does it have more share?


Source: Axios

Unintended consequences

Abortion remains intensely complex
And it’s still unclear the total effects
Of the decision the Supreme Court made
To overturn the protections of Roe v Wade.
But if this trend holds and there’s a blue surge
A wee bit of irony would emerge…


Source: The New York Times

Recession depression

I’m no economist but I don’t get
Why we believe a recession is set.
Unemployment is low, there’s cash on hand
Leftover from stimulus, high demand.
So why are there calls for a big downturn?
Is it just to sell news? I guess we’ll learn…


Source: Bloomberg

Classified no more

Is it all overblown, a sad witchhunt,
Or is all his nonsense a big storm front?
For sure he disdains standard rule of law
And his unbridled self-interest, we all saw.
He’s such a con artist with tons to hide
This investigation should be blown wide.