Headline: Trump Claims Victory, Says Counting Should Stop
Yeah, 18th green. But so what?
This match still ain’t open and shut.
And nothing’s yet grim. We
Won’t give him a “gimmie”…
He still has a very long putt…
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.
Election Day, November 3
Headline: Nation Wary of What Trump Will Do If Vote Goes Against Him
We’re tired, annoyed, and depleted.
We want the thing done and completed.
But chances are slim —
We’re dealing with him —
Just watch if he’s soundly defeated.
November 2
Headline: Final Day of Campaign Arrives
Finally, the campaign cessation!
Tomorrow it goes to the nation.
While we’re all feeling numb,
And there’s more crap to come,
Still it won’t be requests for donation.
November 1
Trump Baselessly Suggests Doctors Inflate Covid-19 Deaths for Profit
Most loathsome of Trump’s Covid lying
Is Doctors will profit from dying.
Some day, when he needs one
I hope that it leads one
To leave him there begging and crying.
October 31
Headline: This Halloween Scarier Than Usual
Today’s Halloween, but who cares?
Let’s see how Election Day fares….
The year 2020’s
Brought horrors a-plenty
I’m not in the mood for more scares.
October 30
Headline: In 1994 Interview, Trump Said “when I come home and dinner’s not ready, I go through the roof.”
Back in ’94, Donald said he
Goes nutso if dinner’s not ready…
Any hopes he’s evolved
Have been quickly dissolved –
It’s one of few places he’s steady.
October 29
Headline: Wall Street Reacts to Covid News with Major Loss
Um…who thinks that corner’s been turned?
The NADSAQ and Dow have been burned,
And Covid’s still spreading….
Oh, Don, are you dreading
You’re going to reap what you’ve earned?
October 28
Judge Rejects DOJ’s Attempt to Defend Trump in E. Jean Carroll Rape Defamation Lawsuit
Don’s in one embarrassing scrape…
Defamed! Allegations of rape!
If Don is convicted
(As widely predicted)
I won’t deck the halls with black crepe.
October 27
Headline: Trump Contradicts Meadows, Says He is Still Fighting Virus Spread
Confused about Donald’s polemic?
While saying there’s no epidemic,
He boasts of controlling it
And goes right on trolling it….
Befuddlement’s also systemic….
October 26
Headline: Five People in Pence’s Circle, Including Chief of Staff, Test Positive for Covid
What terrible timing, Mike Pence:
Your staffers got Covid! From whence?
Well, don’t bother explaining –
There’s no time remaining:
Next week we’ll all say, “Get thee hence!”
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