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 Daily Beast

Some Ask “Why?”

The world is expansive, lots we don’t know.

So no one should settle for status quo.

If you’ve got an itch, you should go scratch it

Take to the woods, cut paths with your hatchet.

Go search for Sasquatch, should we take a shot…?

Well all of these guys have said “Yes, why not?”


Source: The Economist

Don’t Worry, Be Happy

“The pursuit of happiness” – quite a phrase,

Core to America’s very first days.

Easy to say but far harder to do

Most of us don’t even have the first clue.

But Finland has cracked it! It’s not that tough…

Saunas (and vodka)! It’s simple enough.


Source: Bloomberg

With a Name Like X…

When folks are left to their own devices
Without some guardrails to show what nice is
The chances are good that they’ll go astray.
So it should be no surprise that today
Twitter‘s become a chaotic porn mess.

But… better fake boobs than fake news, I guess.


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Sacre Ew…!

Swimming the Seine used to be commonplace

But all the sewage made it a disgrace.

So now there’s a race to get it all clean

Before the Olympics arrive on the scene.

Triathletes will swim in that river!

Turd-free water would be sure nice to deliver…


Source: The Washington Post

Running Away

Bringing up kids is a hard thing to do

And it certainly helps when you have two

Engaged parents, sharing most of the work.

So it’s annoying if one tries to shirk

These duties of life by running away

Especially if it’s two hours a day!


Source: Christian Angermayer

Bunnies and Eggs? Kinda Trippy!

For those who celebrate Easter today

Let’s give it up with a Big Hooray!

But no matter what religion you’re taught

Here’s an interesting new line of thought:

A lot of the world’s religions began

With psychedelics as part of the plan…


Source: The New Yorker

Send Them In!

We’re young and strong and crazy wild beasts

And then time and gravity have their feasts.

Next thing you know we’re trapped in a clown suit

And physical powers are rendered moot.

But don’t rule us out even if we’re down…

The scariest dude is always the clown!


Source: The New York Times

Sky High Threat

As far as threats go, this one’s pretty huge…

Like existential, a life centrifuge.

The infrastructure on which we rely

Is driven by satellites in the sky

And if they ever were to be destroyed

Life as we know it would become a void.


Source: The Daily Beast

Stuff It

It’s totally outrageous, voter fraud!

A threat to democracy, it’s outlawed!

Those horrible Lefties stuffing the box

Throw them all in jail with permanent locks.

That never happens on the law loving Right!

Oh, except maybe, yeah maybe it might…


Source: The New York Times

Plagiarized Preaching

The clergy has had some hits to its brand

And often for things that aren’t very bland…

So as far as sins go things could be worse

Than a preacher snagging another’s verse.

Disappointing for sure, not what you’d like

But at least it didn’t involve a tyke.