Headline: Nation Celebrates 246th Birthday Amid Political Tension
We’ve not yet evolved to fulfill
The dream we were promised, but still –
The goal that we seek still,
All humankind equal,
Is ours to fight for. We will.
Occasional Limerick #53, July 1, 2022
Headline: Court Restricts EPA Ability to Regulate Carbon Emissions
The latest of High Court positions –
No stopping those carbon emissions!
Don’t worry! Don’t seethe!
It’s simple – don’t breathe!
Respect our Supreme Politicians!
Occasional Limerick #52: June 30, 2022
Headline: Ghislane Maxwell Sentenced to 20 Years for Sex Trafficking
Ghislane! Twenty years in the pen!
But we are still waiting for when
We all get a look
At your little black book
And all those respectable men….
Occasional Limerick #51, June 29, 2022
Headline: Aide Testifies About Trump’s Rage On January 6
I’m glad they were able to fetch up
This news about Don and the ketchup.
To hear of this fracas
Is likely to make us
So sick to our stomachs, we’ll retch up.
Occasional Limerick #50: June 28, 2022
Headline: Despite Testimony to the Contrary, Trump Appointed Judges Vote to Overturn Roe vs. Wade
What is that mis’rable stench
That’s causing our faces to clench?
It’s the smell of the turd
Called “not keeping your word,”
And it comes from the land’s highest bench.
Occasional Limerick #49: June 27, 2022
Headline: Supreme Court Rulings, GOP Platforms Raise Concerns About Democracy
Since 2016, my big fear
Is growing increasingly near.
Will we leave our progeny
Hate, guns, and misogyny?
Friends, yes, it can happen here.
Occasional Limerick #48: June 24, 2022
Headline: Clarence Thomas Delivers Court Opinion Overturning NY Concealed Carry Law
I just want to let you know, Clarence,
I’ve really run out of forbearance.
For every child’s shroud
From these guns you’ve allowed,
I’ll wish you the grief of its parents.
Occasional Limerick #47: June 23, 2022
Headline: PA Republican Legislators Block Bill Raising the Age to Purchase Assault Rifles
The sale of those guns for assault
Should never be hindered or halt!
Deny teens the purchase?
Why, that would besmirch us!
Death’s part of our party’s gestalt!
Occasional Limerick #46: June 22, 2022
Headline: Candidates Race to Build War Chests as Primaries Conclude
I know – it’s for good of the nation –
But daily, sans pause or cessation
I open my mail,
And there, without fail:
Some forty requests for donation…..
Occasional Limerick #45: June 21, 2022
Headline: Texas GOP Convention Claims Election Was Rigged, Attacks Gays and Gun Control
We Texans reject the election
There warn’t no damn insurrection
We don’t want no transies
Or other gay pansies
Though Don gives us all an erection….
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