Once in a Blue Moon

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The leaders in the Senate
and the House of Reps have failed
to get their money package
by their colleagues shut and nailed.
Up for re-election,
most politicos are shy
of making any wavelets
or the thought of "Wolf!" to cry.
Paulson and his cronies
better have another ace --
maybe they can rob us
after spraying us with Mace.
Once in a blue moon our congress
pauses to give thought,
instead of giving in to
plans the lobbyists have bought.
 

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The Communists were Right!

The communists were right --
they were absolutely right!
Capital is finished;
it is dying in the night.
Instead of revolution
snatching means of all production
the government is buying it
at quite a large reduction.
They're buying all the banks
and insurance companies.
They'll soon own all Detroit
and the airlines, if you please.
Healthcare can't resist them
any longer, I am sure;
universal coverage
is campaign literature.
The communists were right --
they were totally correct!
The government owns everything,
as Karl Marx did expect.
 

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checking in w/the Man

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I like to go to church each week
and check in with the Man
so I can let Him know
that of His work I am a fan:
The sunsets and the rainbows
and birds in airy flight,
the ways of little children
(all excepting when they bite.)
The burnished colors of the leaves
as seasons come and go;
the stillness of a winter night
(if I don't shovel snow.)
The stars affixed above me
and the valley's sloping green,
the variety of foodstuffs
(I'll ignore the lima bean.)
Communications from good friends
who comfort me like nectar.
And the stranger at my gate
(except the tax collector.)
All of it is good and great
and long may it continue!
(I only wish some of my fat
He would convert to sinew.)
 

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First Debate

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Down in Mississippi
where molasses is thought fast
McCain and young Obama
debated for broadcast.
Stating all the obvious,
refusing to lock eyes,
nothing that they said or did
would come as a surprise.
Avoiding the big picture
with a vagueness quite unique,
the candidates could summon
nothing more than gentle pique.
The moderator never could
elicit more than rote;
so when it was all over
poor Jim Lehrer slit his throat!
 
 

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Those Magic Ads

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I spent my gilded youth upon
the floor with comic books,
with Superman and kryptonite
and Batman smashing crooks.
But even better than the clash
of titans in a pack
were the ads, those magic ads,
that shouted from the back.
Soldiers by the millions spilled
from boxes for combat --
X-ray glasses let you see
through skin and bone and fat.
A monkey in a teacup
could be bought for chicken feed.
Magic crystals in a bowl
that grew with lightning speed.
Sneezing powder, pepper gum,
exploding cigarettes;
supersonic, atom-bombing
cardboard Air Force jets!
I sent in all my quarters
ever-hoping for a coup
to make my pals so jealous
that their faces would turn blue.
But all I got back in return
broke down, could not abide;
even my poor monkey
in his teacup up and died.
And so my super heroes
were all working as mere shills
for plastic Japanese junk,
rubber vomit, other frills.
I learned a fool with money
will not keep it very long,
if he insists on heeding
Advertisement's siren song.
 

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