Back in the mid-90s I saw this show

It was one of those moments when you know

You’ve seen something new, totally unique

And if it didn’t ascend to a peak

Of success you’d think the world was wrong.

What they did was incredibly strong.

A big wide tent is the party tradition

But you keep people out when the condition

Is that you adhere to uniform thought

What comes from that will always be naught.

Don’t wag your fingers and tell us what’s right

Listen to people and help solve their plight.

It makes the mind wander to strange places

As you try to sort out what the case is

That would make it possible for a deer

To get all zipped up into safety gear…

This isn’t some random clothing mishap.

The deer must have been dressed by some odd chap!

It’s perhaps my favorite day of the year

And once every few years there’s more to cheer…

Today is my birthday, and it’s sooo sweet

Because in our house it’s a birthday treat

To not clean the kitchen, so it’s good living

To have your birthday on Thanksgiving!

It’s kind of complicated as you’ll see

Keeping track of all of this lunacy…

Sex and drugs and worms and shot pets

The more we learn, the nuttier it gets.

But welcome to the new ruling class…

Where crazy is good you Deep State jackass!

Wait, hang on, are they trying to tell us

That some bankers would want to sell us

The notion that they follow all the rules

As they’re amassing the world’s crown jewels?

If they don’t that’s just shocking I say!

But it sure seems like any other day…

I’ve seen it myself (in my other work)

Too often I find they act like a jerk.

Entitled and thinking that their degree

Should give them respect and authority.

Grit and guts are in almost none of them.

I’ve seen it up close, since I’m one of them.

The criminal mind can be a mystery

And pretty much throughout our history

Both those that were daring and petty small crimes

Were conducted by crooks in difficult times.

I wonder how they thought this one would end…

Would they wear it themselves or sell to a friend?

It’s a good question and one we should ask

If he’s successful with every task

What will the country and the world look like?

There may be some things that will make us say “Psyche!”

But what if his careless respect for the law

Spreads like a fire through very dry straw?

This is of course not a revelation

It’s been featured in fables since Creation.

From the boy who cried wolf to Chicken Little

If you squawk too much folks will get brittle.

And in this age of full media blight

It’s now that much harder to see the light.