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 Economist

Fast track to bankruptcy

America’s cities have a tough time

Just with sanitation and fighting crime,

Keeping museums open and their parks green

And always on budgets that are too lean.

So at first I thought this must be a joke

‘Cuz in New York it would make us go broke!


Source: The New York Post

And just like that… poof!

A man I respect once had this to say:

“Good reputations come from work each day.

It takes years to build one that makes you proud,

And seconds to destroy it in a crowd.”

What the hell was going on his head?

From world hero to being a dick instead.


Source: The New York Times

The Talented Mr. Santos

It should not come as much of a surprise,

A politician’s life is based on lies!

Our new GOP rep from Long Island

Seems like a good guy, with a nice smile and

An impressive list of hard jobs well done…

Except none of it’s true, not even one.


Source: The Washington Post

Making spinach great again

The creators of Popeye gave it a go,

Trying to make spinach cool on their show.

A weakling by nature, but when he ate it

Well, all the villains would always hate it.

But now the growers have added some zip…

Eat spinach, kids, and you just might trip!


Source: Twitter

Latest “Major Announcement!”

It’s impossible not to have a laugh

But for sure this is not his epitaph.

Trump sold 45 thousand NFTs

Of him as Superhero, if you please.

His fans paid 99 bucks a piece!

That tight grip on his base will never cease.


Source: The New York Times

Oh pipe down already!

I have little patience for the whining

And all the people who are opining

That Elon is somehow breaking the law,

Squashing free speech like it’s freedom’s last straw.

HE OWNS TWITTER AND CAN DO AS HE LIKES!

Let the market decide if it tanks or it spikes.


Source: The Financial Times

What if we’re just too soft?

Hear that whining coming from the workplace…

How are these people not red in the face?

Life on the job is the best that it’s been,

Yet some folks behave as if there’s a sin

Constantly being committed against them.

Suck it up and treat your work as a gem.


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Master Strategy?

Was the GOP insanely clever?

‘Cuz six years ago I would have never

Been excited about Governor Ron

So maybe it’s all been a massive con.

Promote nasty Don and his crazy coup

Then anyone will seem better to you.


Source: The Dispatch

What are we doing?!

A problem we face on both sides of the aisle?

Lack of courage and way too much guile.

Neither party stands for anything now

And treat us taxpayers like their cash cow.

Deficits increase in good times and bad

Both parties are making me feel quite mad.


Source: The Financial Times

I mean… THE HOLY GRAIL!

If this is true and it’s soon announced

That physicists here have finally trounced

The riddle that vexed us since time began

And have come up with a very real plan

To produce more power than what’s put in…

Well, that’s the biggest thing since Original Sin.