Headline: McCarthy, Other GOP Congressmen Subpoenaed by Jan. 6 Committee
The carrion-eating hyena
Is classified somewhere between a
Foul, ravenous beast
Preying on the deceased
And those congressmen under subpoena.
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 #22: May 18, 2022
Headline: Tucker Carlson Tries to Distance Himself from Buffalo Shooting
Tuck said we’re being replaced
And had to take action in haste –
And so, folks, the toll and cost
Is just one more holocaust…
The man’s a despicable waste.
Occasional Limerick #21
Headline: Multiple Mass Shootings Renew Calls for Gun Control
I wonder why you are so willing
To tolerate all of this killing?
Your thoughts and your prayer
Are nothing but air.
Your failure to act is just chilling.
Occasional Limerick #20: May 16, 2022
Headline: Texas Gov. Abbot Stressing Gender Issues in Campaign
There once was a Gov’ner called Tex
Who based his campaign around sex
And brands as offenders
Those changing their genders
And poor pregnant girls he suspects.
Occasional Limerick #19: May 13, 2022
Headline: US Deaths from COVID Surpass One Million
There were dangers –
But you said “don’t fear them.”
There were experts,
But you would just smear them.
Now the one million dead
Are in part on your head.
And I hope that each night you can hear them.
Occasional Limerick #18, May 12, 2022
Headline: Florida Schools Ban Teaching Racism, Sexual Preference
In Florida, we take the greatest pains
To not tax our students’ evolving brains.
We don’t teach carnality
Or other reality
Or whether there’s such things as hurricanes.
Occasional Limerick #17, May 11, 2022
Headline: Anti-Abortion Laws Have No Exceptions for Rape, Age, or Incest
Young Lady, the law’s absolute —
You’ll carry to term! No dispute!
And any assault
Was likely your fault…
What’s that? You’re just twelve? Oh, how cute.
Occasional Limerick #16: May 10,2022
Headline: Republican Candidates Pledge Loyalty to Trump for Endorsement
Bah, COVID! It’s only Kung Flu!
What riot? It wasn’t a coup!
His taxes? No fraud! It
Is just a long audit!
See, Donald?!? I’m rotten as you!
Occasional Limerick #15: May 9, 2022
Headline: Gaetz Called Abortion Rights Protestors ‘Over-educated, Under-loved’
We call Matthew Gaetz “Representative”…
Of the callous and cruel and insensitive.
The man is so dreadful
It’s truly regretful
His Dad had not worn a preventative.
Occasional Limerick #14: May 6, 2022
Headline: Abortion Foes Consider How to Restrict Out-of-State Procedures
Now, Miss, before leaving the state,
Please file a report on your date.
For if you’ve had sex
We must run some checks
By which we’ll determine your fate.
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