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 Yorker

Stairway to Heaven

This hopeful headline would seem to suggest

That Preachers one day were getting no rest…

Because of their reverence they’d earned great fame!

Instead it turns out that was the same

As rock stars today was their big ‘ole head…

They partied too hard and got women in bed.


Source: The New York Times

To Each Their Own

When it comes to clothes that are rarely seen

(At least not during the normal routine)

I wonder what drives the apparent need

To spend so lavishly. What is the creed

That makes frivolous purchases okay

When true needs like boats are just pushed away?!


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Reap What You Sow

Rarely does consequence catch up to Trump
(Because that’s for losers and he’s no chump)
So it would be priceless if in this case
His actions came back with a smack in the face.
Supreme Court appointments and the groping…
Women’s rights as his downfall? Here’s to hoping!


Source: The Borowitz Report

Until Proven Guilty

Trump’s legal tactics have been astounding.

And their success is really confounding.

It’s a horse race to see which comes in first

Some juries’ decisions or else the worst…

A Trump victory in the next election

And then pardons galore, self protection.


Source: The Washington Post

Eat Up!

In the category of Big Surprise

Corporate foods are pushing their biggest prize…

Of course you can eat as much as you like!

So what if your weight goes on a big spike?

Don’t be shamed into this healthy eating!

And taking Ozempic isn’t cheating…


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Glass Ceilings

The argument given for lower pay

In almost all women’s sports is that they

Do not attract the same audience base

So this is huge news to impact the case.

Now salaries will boom, things will change a lot

With TV and sponsors! Or maybe not…


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Solar Power

I didn’t get what the fuss was about

Until I saw it, and it was all out!

You had to have on those crazy glasses

And get over us all looking like asses

But then to see that planetary dance…

Quite a display of the cosmic expanse.


Source: The Economist

Venus, Mars… You Know

It’s happening all across our huge globe

Young men and women, they’re starting to probe

What life really means, what really drives us…

And what are we willing to deprive us?

Seems there’s so little that women and men

Agree is important, again and again.


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Rough Ride

Some believe you can stay young forever

With lower-case texts, really quite clever!

So using caps is a right of passage

And, for some, it can be pretty savage.

It’s not just turning caps on with your phone

It’s saying that yes, you’ve finally grown.


Source: The New York Times

Would You Please Stop?!

Aside from two things, I like what he’s done.

The Afghan withdrawal was of course one.

And the other is with student loan debt…

It’s simply not fair that these grads should get

A pass on meeting their obligation!

School was their choice, not ours as a nation.