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 Guardian

Well Happy New Year!

It wasn’t going to just let us go free
Without another punch to our liberty.
This new strain of covid from the UK
Is here in the States and is here to stay.
This guy got it without ever having been
Outside Colorado, the state he’s in.


Source: The New York Times

And now this…

As if the sky wasn’t already falling

We now have a threat equally appalling.

These fans are like deadly missile mounts

Firing blades and jacking death counts.

What more could go wrong in this year?

Perhaps mobile phones that fry your ear!


Source: The New York Post

NY Post nails it again!

The romance was hot for a very long time,

But sadly now things have changed on a dime.

Donnie always reached for the NY Post first –

It constantly satiated his self-loving thirst.

Now, alas, the divorce seems complete…

Just waiting to see it in a Tweet!


Source: The Guardian

Ya don’t say

In fact I am one who actually believes…

But it’s fair to say I have some pet peeves

When it comes to clairvoyants, taking a chance,

With bold predictions that could only advance

A deeper knowledge of the world, and some bliss,

Like next year might just be better than this…


Source: Fox News

A small wrinkle

Relief at last! The vaccine is here!

Finally something we all can cheer…

But wait, hang on, what’s this we see?

You’re developing a terrible allergy?

Turns out there’s one nasty side effect –

It confirms the “work” we all suspect!


Source: Pinterest

No matter your faith

Whether or not you think there’s a war

Against Christmas and its days of yore,

And no matter your political views

Or if you believe he is King of the Jews,

At the very least we should all agree

Saying Happy Birthday is pretty easy!


Source: The Washington Post

Small satisfaction

‘Tis a wonder in this holiday season

That the GOP is so badly wheezin’…

Agree or not with Donnie’s reason

It certainly is awfully pleasin’

That the GOP which aided and abetted

Is now so screwed it might regret it.


Source: The Washington Post

The Zoom Room

Just goes to show how far we’ve come

In dealing with the beating drum

Of the same same same day in day out

That now the office party is all about

Ugly sweaters and photos of your pet,

Not how inappropriate you can get…


Source: USA Today

Seriously…

What seems insane is how long it’s taken

For serious republicans to finally feel shaken

Enough that now they can step up and stop

Propping up this self-interested flop.

He’s done nothing but be a nasty abuser

Until now when he’s the ultimate loser.


Source: The New York Times

Oh, winter is here

It’s the darkest day of the calendar year

But has some virtues I like to cheer!

It’s the “shortest” day of 2020 –

A year which has given us more than plenty

Of reasons to feel that life’s out of joint.

Yes, this day is a hopeful turning point…