Headline: Questions Remain About President’s Prognosis
Since we heard Don’s diagnosis
We’re doubtful about his prognosis.
Although we’re assured
The man will be cured.
Just how do you fix a psychosis?
October 4
Headline: Trump Receives Get Well Wishes from Supporters and Opponents
Dear Donald, I’m sending this letter
In hope that you quickly get better,
Then lose, go to trial,
And then spend quite a while
Somewhere chained to a wall with a fetter.
October 3
Headline: Trump Tests Positive for Coronavirus
It pains me to be quite so cynical,
But Donald has been so inimical
To truth I was jaded,
And wasn’t persuaded:
October 2
Headline: Trump Disavows Knowledge of ‘Proud Boys’
What’s wrong with Boys being Proud?
It’s nice they can say that out loud!
But stand down and stand by,
And I’ll turn a blind eye
When you plow through that ‘antifa’ crowd.
October 1
Headline: Trump Defends His Debate Behavior
My strategy? I interrupt.
Act nasty and rude and abrupt.
When challenged, deny
With a very Big Lie,
And do not debate. Just disrupt.
September 30
Headline: Trump Still Hides Tax Returns After New York Times Allegations
For taxes, six dollars a week.
Being President pays!
I have it both ways!
That’s why I won’t give you a peek.
September 29
Headline: Nation Prepares for First Presidential Debate
I’m sure that this evening’s debate
Will be rational, calm, and sedate,
Based on logic and fact,
And with dignified tact.
And I am Emir of Kuwait.
———
- With a nod to Dorothy Parker
September 28
Headline: Dismayed Floridians Worried About Virus Spread
DeSantis has left you no buffer, so
Pack up and flee!
It sure seems to me
You’re safer to winter in Buffalo…
September 27
Headline: Despite 3rd Largest Increase in Cases, Florida Gov. DeSantis Overrides Local Covid Ordinances
By my, Ron DeSatan’s, command,
All virus precautions are banned.
Although we’ve exploded
With cases of Covid,
Come on down to Fantasyland!
September 26
Headline: Trump Loses Patience Over Sober Covid Assessments
With evidence right in their noses,
What negligence all this exposes!
The truth is too stinging,
So Don’s folks are singing:
It’s “Everything’s Coming Up Roses.”
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