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 Times

I mean… really?!

You don’t have to look very far afield
To understand the power Trump will wield.
Whatever the cause, whatever the reason
He will make us believe that this is treason.
The Dems have been prepping for over three years
And the first night of the fight has ended in tears.


Source: PsyPost

A maze isn’t trippy enough?

Just so that we’re absolutely clear

About what is really going on here

Mice were given psychedelic drugs

Since they were taking too many slugs

Of booze that made them a bit unruly

And tripping solves that problem truly.


Source: The New York Times

Victoria’s Dark Secrets

It somehow feels quite unsurprising,
A lingerie company has scandals rising.
It’s the big men at the top who set the scene
Men who were friends with Jeffrey Epstein…
What could possibly go wrong as these guys write checks
In a company that sells the image of sex?


Source: The Guardian

Another day in DC

Interesting to watch how this evolved
And to see how now it will be resolved.
The Dems have once again proved useless,
Their attempts to win anything sorta fruitless.
The GOP chose to make a radical cut:
Yeah he’s guilty, but ya know, so what?


Source: The New York Times

Finally, is it over?

“Please sir, may I have some more…?”
One of Dickens’ most famous lines for sure.
But not one that any human uttered
About the Brexit news that cluttered
All form of media – reason was suspended.
So thank God in heaven it’s finally ended.


Source: The Economist

Comfortably Numb

Those masters of music in the band Pink Floyd

Had it right when they sang about the deep void.

The incessant shrieks of every political buffoon

Have effectively served to make us immune.

The threat of impeachment is in the air,

And our fatigue is so great, few people care.


Source: The New York Times

Well that’s interesting

Okay, so what if a president in office decides

That really the thing which creates our divides

Is the two-party system and an election,

We’d be more unified with one selection!

A self-serving creep, he doesn’t care what’s right,

Lord knows how Dershowitz can sleep at night.


Source: USA Today

We’re not in Salem anymore

One good way to avoid a witch hunt

Is to have a trial that’s not just a stunt.

The ladies of Salem were tossed in a pool –

If they swam they were guilty… very cruel.

It would seem that witnesses are essential

For any trial to be fair and consequential.


Source: The Washington Post

…is it really so bad?

Apparently he did it not just to wow

But to mock black cops and get ahead somehow.

What forces are acting on these white men

That give them such a terrible fright when

Other people start doing well in their lives?

Why not just give them all some high fives…?


Source: The Washington Post

The company you keep

Man this guy is a real piece of work.

It seems he has a professional quirk –

Represent anyone no matter what

Who rapes or kills or peddles smut,

So long as they can help the cause:

Airtime on TV and fawning applause.