Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: YOUR FACTYou may say that this post isn’t true,But I don’t get to say, “It is, too!”You say facts have been checked,But there’s something suspect:Namely, who in the devil are you? Lagniappe WEATHER OR NOT TV …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: ANTISOCIAL MEDIAThough we never did charge them a feeAnd provided them content for free,Our accounts have been canned,We’re officially banned,But who has the last laugh, we shall see. Lagniappe TRICK OR TWEET?All the hours away that …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: FAT CHANCEThey can say it’s against the lawAnd I’ll just say “Pshaw!”And have my funAs a krewe of one:No one cancels my Mardi Gras! From the archive BOEUF GRASWho’s that marching and what’s their big beef?Not …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: RADIO SILENCEIf you want to stay focused, you mightLeave the radio off for the night,Lest the words of a song(“I’ve been loving you too long”)Wiggle-worm their way in as you write. Lagniappe SUBVERSIVEWait a minute! Something’s …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: GOADI may strike you as rude and uncouth,But I’ve acted like that from my youth:If the things that I sayMake you mad, walk awayAnd you won’t have to deal with the truth. From the archive TWITSIt …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: CONDITIONING“It’s the most inexplicable thing:I’ll be acting quite normal and [ding!]I turn into a grumpAnd start ragging on TrumpWhensoever I hear a bell ring.” From the archive TDSAre these symptoms familiar to you:Bulging eyes and pinched …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: BUBBLE“Well, I don’t like to brag or to boast,But I do read the Times and the Post,And each day in my carI tune in NPR,So, I think I’m informed more than most.” From the archive 2020 …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: IDIOT“I think socialism sounds pretty good,If it turns out the way that it should.Though it never has yet,It still seems a sure bet –And there’s always a chance that it could.” From the archive AOC“OMG! Can …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: GAME OVERThough I’d watched competitions, all sorts —On the fields, in arenas, on courts —Players taking a kneeWas just too much for me:I am done with “professional” sports. From the archive HOGGWASH“Receive our wisdom, peasants,And be …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: ALMOST OVERNew Year’s Eve, now at long last, is near.How we wish it were already here!Eye to eye we don’t see,But on this we agree:Twenty-twenty was not a good year. From the archive HAIL, STORM!Though it …
