They tell us that all will be better for
Their sinking the ship where it’s headed for.
Yet I can’t help think
That watching it sink
Is quite an appropriate metaphor.
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 #69: Headline: Stocks Tumble on Tariff, Inflation Fears
The market? The tariffs will spoil it.
Don’s actions continue to roil it.
Next cut? With surety,
Social Security.
Retirement’s flushed down the toilet.
Occasional Limerick #68: Headline: Senate Confirms Kash Patel to Run FBI
The Senate’s confirmed Kash Patel
And let’s all agree, gosh, that’s swell.
He’ll never dispose
Of Donald Trump’s foes,
As he’s just as holy as Hell.
Occasional Limerick #67: Headline: Zelinsky Says Trump Demands 50% of Ukrainian Natural Resources in Peace Deal
Oh, shut up, you panty-waist liberals –
I’ll take those Ukranian minerals,
That one-half proportion?
It isn’t extortion,
As they attacked Russia, the criminals!
Occasional Limerick #66: Musk’s DOGE Seeks Access to IRS Information
Dear Madam, we’ve spied on your taxes,
And now we’re aware that the fact is
You’ve made contributions
To Woke institutions —
So guess what our very next act is……
Occasional Limerick #65: Trump Eyes Nobel Peace Prize in Talks to End War
I’ll outfox Putin; I’m shrewd,
Who cares if Zelinsky gets screwed?
I’ll get the Nobel
And my ego will swell,
Or else I’ll get really unglued.
Occasional Limerick #64: Headline: Europe Fears a “Dirty Deal” Between Trump and Putin on Ukraine
Vladimir’s told me it’s just us,
As Europe, you frankly disgust us.
But with two guys this strong,
Really, what could go wrong?
Zelinsky, you’ll just have to trust us…..
Occasional Limerick #63: Headline: Trump Continues to Reshape Government
Our sledge-hammer Machiavellian
Has sure made America Swell Again —
His regular ploy
Is defame and destroy
And a steady march to the Orwellian.
Occasional Limerick #62: Headline: Musk Claims Federal Bureaucracy is Riddled With Fraud and Waste
Those desk jockeys ripped off some nice swag,
But now they’ll be seeing the price tag.
I, Elon, have come
To save you all from
Those hoodlums who burned down the Reichstag.
Occasional Limerick #61: Trump Signals He May Ignore the Courts
Don’s next dictatorial sludge is
To claim he can bypass the judges.
He feels in his maw
He can brush off the law
If it won’t genuflect to his grudges.
Polimericks 