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

Rosy Palme D’Or

The height of chic is at the Cannes Film Fest

Where films compete to see which is the best.

This year the winner addressed the matter

Of sex workers and lives that could shatter.

This type of attention is rarely seen

Without any malice or being mean.


Source: The Atlantic

As Old As You Feel

I think most of the time these days it’s true

In your head you think you’re a younger you.

If age is driven by just how you feel

Well that sounds like it could be a good deal.

But a peer on his birthday said to me:

“This year I’m turning 103.”


Source: The Bulwark

Beyond Any Doubt

We have gone beyond the totally strange

And complete insanity is in range…

The leading candidate for president

Has such a passion to create dissent

He’s stated Biden tried to have him killed…

Knowing this lie makes his base really thrilled.


Source: The Hartford

Seasonal Migration

I was trucking along I-95
Headed up North on a very long drive.
Now being a snowbird, it’s something new
And I never thought that it’s what I’d do.
But as I was sitting there in the car
I thought life’s been good to me so far…


Source: The New York Times

But It Never Was

How do you make the PC cool again
When it just never was even back then?
Sure it was good for all the numbers jocks
But for the cool people the Apple rocks.
So that’s quite a steep hill they have to climb
To regain the faux stature of their prime.


Source: The New York Post

Making the World a Better Place

What a cool way to connect to each other!

Portals in cities to see one another…

But humans are human so what do we do?

Strip off our clothes for the whole world to view!

I don’t know what makes people do such a thing

But maybe life’s better when in a G-String.


Source: The New Yorker

Vampire Diaries

People are trying some freaky new things

To live life forever as ageless kings.

Like blood transfusions from much younger folks

And many other ways in which to coax

More years out of life but they’ve got it all wrong…

More life out of years is the way to live strong.


Source: The Daily Mail

Same Ole Gameplan

The Trumpies say something so outrageous

To make the Libs go nuts and it’s contagious.

Then they say something like “Oh lighten up!

It’s all just a joke, so brighten up…”

But the question remains, is it funny

To give homeless people some fake money…?


Source: The Washington Post

Bonne Chance!

Paris is known for many attractions

And also for some of the reactions

Of the French people to visitors there

Which is not always nice, they just don’t care

If they’re rude and dismissive to a guest

So we’ll see if this works without a protest.


Source: The Washington Post

What a Catch

When you think about all the things it takes

To make marriage work with the least headaches

One of the key items not on the list

Is when your new spouse decides on a tryst

And HAVING A BABY with an “old friend.”

Pretty clear to me how that’s gonna end…