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 New York Post

A normal, happy family

So perhaps Elon can seem a bit odd.

Nature or nurture? Let’s look at his squad…

Well say! Here’s his dad, still fathering kids!

And just cuz he’s older, nothing forbids…

Wait… ew… no this can’t be reconciled.

He had a baby with his own stepchild.


Source: The New York Times

Unintended consequences

As we deal with the fall of Roe v Wade
There are some unknowns the decision made.
Like take this sassy Texas mom to be…
Caught in the lane for an HOV.
It was now her understanding she said
That her fetus counted as a head.


Source: NPR

Space, the final frontier

Captain Kirk had those famous words to say

Describing our search past the Milky Way.

But where the words seem to fall a bit short

Is that it assumes there is a final port.

It blows the mind, there’s no big wall out there…

Space just goes on forever, everywhere.


Source: Bloomberg

CEO for the summer

Back in college it often seemed to me

Summer jobs were described extravagantly.

Those jobs that were just waiting on tables

Morphed into big executive labels.

It was funny then, such fragile ego.

But now it seems a dangerous placebo.


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Musk-et Shot

Who is surprised by this zany outcome?

Trump won’t have back his soapbox to shout from.

Whoever bought shares and thought it would sell

Must be in for a shock that won’t sit well.

But I’m pretty glad the deal won’t be done

And watching the fight will be kinda fun.


Source: Google

Gulf of Maine

Today I sailed across the Gulf of Maine
Aboard a great boat, it was not insane.
We saw some whales and had plenty of breeze
Setting our sails full and our minds at ease.
Another day before we make landfall
And no drop in the strength of the sea’s call.


Source: Adam Kinzinger

Decorated Combat Veteran

So here’s a guy who has served our nation

In combat and congress, with duration.

Now he continues to do the right thing

And what does he get? A big Trump lashing.

The vile and vitriol sent his way

Should be heard by all who think Trump’s okay.


Source: The Economist

Clownfall

While I’m not so clear on how it all works

At least their system protects against jerks.

In the UK the blowhard has fallen

His very own ministers, they were all in.

All the bluster and bullying and lies

Finally made this mop-haired loon capsize.


Source: The Atlantic

Everything Happens So Much

This allegedly came from a meme bot

And, oh man, it resonated a lot.

Turns out that wisdom has many sources

“The mouth of a babe” we know of course is

One of those sources, but who would have guessed

That a meme bot gave us some of the best?!


Source: The Wall Street Journal

The Devil Went Down to Georgia

“…And he was looking for a soul to steal.”

So goes a great song, with massive appeal.

And strangely apt in this treasonous lie

Which Trump and his crew so want you to buy.

It’s good Hizzoner will have to explain

Why he’s not just criminally insane.