Headline: Trump Jr. Urged Father to Stop Insurrection
No, Junior, you don’t understand —
This all goes exactly as planned.
I’ll issue denials,
Some fools will face trials,
And soon I’ll be back in command.
Author: Steve Hirsch
Steve is a retired high-tech marketing specialist and former chairman of a college humanities division. He's a lover of Shakespeare and classical music, so he writes limericks and plays the accordion. Go figure.
Occasional Limerick #32: June 2, 2022
Headline: GOP Candidate for Governor Wants PA as “2nd Amendment Sanctuary”
We don’t want no stinking vaccines
Or homos or dumb quarantines
Or giving chicks choices
Or blacks raising voices.
What we want is AR-15s.
Occasional Limerick #31: June 1, 2022
Headline: USA Averages More Than 110 Gun Deaths Per Day
Each day, it’s our common disgrace,
But somehow, we just turn our face —
One hundred and ten
Children, women and men;
Not all gun deaths come in one place.
Occasional Limerick #30: May 31, 2022
Headline: At NRA Convention, Trump Advocates Heavily Armed and Fortified Schools
At Donald J. Trump Elementary
We’ve seven armed guards at the entry.
Our fences cause shocks
And the teachers pack Glocks,
And the lunch lady acts as the sentry.
We’re all of us heeled, you can bet!
If strangers show up, we’re all set.
And here we are taught
To ban books and thought,
As they are the far greater threat.
Occasional Limerick #29: May 27, 2022
Headline: Trump to Address NRA Convention
There won’t be an ounce of dissension
When Don’s speaking at the convention.
Uvalde and Buffalo?
Well, they’re hardly apropos,
And not really worthy of mention.
Occasional Limerick #28: May 26,2022
Headline: Red States Pass Draconian Anti-Abortion Laws
The rapist? Oh, yes; we’ll convict him.
But as per Republican dictum,
The sum total time
He’ll serve for his crime
Will be less than endured by his victim.
Occasional Limerick #27, May 25,2022
Headline: Buffalo, Uvalde Shootings Unlikely to Result in Gun Legislation
They’ll all wring their hands for a day
And tell you they’ll think and they’ll pray.
But the saddest of facts
Is that none of them acts.
They just wait ’till the screams die away.
Occasional Limerick #26, May 24,2022
Headline: GOP Candidates Continue to Stress Ties to Trump
Now GOP candidates, please,
There’s no need to drop to your knees
And show the whole Nation
Your butt osculation
And really bad case of DTs.
Occasional Limerick #25: May 23, 2022
Headline: World Events Bring Echoes of 1930s
In Europe again there’s a war –
Inflation continues to soar –
And demagogues claim
That The Other’s to blame.
…I think that we’ve been here before.
Occasional Limerick #24, May 20, 2022
Headline: Trump Suggests Fraud In PA GOP Primary
His candidate might get defeated,
And so the Old Lie gets repeated —
His megalomania
In Pennsylvania
Again whines, “the other guy cheated.”
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