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: Bloomberg

Sleuths on the Street

Wall Street has wizened up to the fact

That soldiers and spies are able to act

With poise and skill when under fire

So it’s really simple in business attire.

And maybe skullduggery also works

Against finance bros and corporate jerks.


Source: Pinterest

When God Gets Bored

It really must have come as a shock

When the first human saw a big flock

Of parrots doing what parrots do,

Then hearing one speak the same words as you!

What did I drink? What did I smoke…?!

No, God’s simply playing a really good joke…


Source: The New York Times

Yeah, Things Just Suck

Job growth is on fire and wages are high

Outpacing inflation so good news is nigh!

Except that everyone throughout the land

Is bombarded by fools who have to grandstand.

“Everything sucks!” They whine and complain,

But they only do it for personal gain.


Source: The New York Post

Swift Rumors

So according to MAGA it goes like this:

The CIA created romantic bliss;

The Super Bowl is rigged and KC will win;

Then Taylor and Travis will flat out begin

To use all their fame and their shining glory

To push all the lies of the Biden story.


Source: The New Yorker

Steep and Deep

A sleepy ski town in northern Vermont

Seems to be the place where some scammers want

To practice their trade and line their pockets

With foreign investment and some lockets.

A clever scam, not just cooking the books

But in the end they were simply crooks.


Source: The Bulwark

The First Insurrection

We’ve heard a lot about this amendment

And it’s created lots of resentment.

But wow is it cool to learn of its roots

As things got hot in the North-South disputes.

This guy was the lame duck Sec of Defense

And sent arms to the South before war could commence.


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Uh, Declining Deliveries?

Packages packages… They’re everywhere!

People order online without a care.

One item, two items… just ship it please

Things are delivered with the greatest of ease.

So how could it be, business declining?

Seems like excuses and lots of whining.


Source: The New York Times

Anti-Hero

An endorsement from Taylor just seems right

Since it would capture our national plight.

Taylor is terrific, a real treasure

But she’s tormented by any measure…

Things are pretty good, the country is strong

But everyone thinks that everything’s wrong.


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Still Searching

To put it in context of present day

You should think of the story in this way:

Imagine if suddenly Taylor Swift.

En route to a concert by an airlift,

Disappeared from the planet, into thin air!

You can bet tons of people would still care…


Source: The Economist

Those Little Rascals

There’s something about this that makes me pause…
Might there be some incentives that would cause
A person to push those who earn a wage
Towards working real hard deep into old age?
Who stands to gain from you working the grids?
I bet this piece was written by kids!