Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: THE LIMERICK It’s the silliest syllogism And a metrical mechanism For amusing a bloke By telling a joke Or conveying a witticism. From the archive LIME SCHEME A perfectionist poet was picky And found writing light …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: THANK GOD T the time we have to run, H the hope of heaven won, A the angels to guide, N the needs supplied, K the kingdom of His Son. Lagniappe WHO’S COUNTING? On election day …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: SNIPES “Is the Democrat behind? Not to worry! Never mind! I’ve got bundles of ballots In boxes on pallets Just waiting for me to find.” From the archive FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY When a voter votes multiple times …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: VOTO FINISH “Immigration concerns are what spur us, Opposition will never deter us, And the line of the souls Heading out to the polls Stretches all the way down to Honduras.” From the archive FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: CARAVANGUARD What’s the difference between immigration And an enemy-driven invasion? The answer’s been given By Cloward and Piven: It’s the numbers that topple a nation. From the archive DON OF THE DEAD Deep in Boondoggle Bog, …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: I REMEMBER IT WELL Certain memories are retellable And potentially resellable – They affect us, they stamp us, They depress us or amp us – But some memories are plain smellable. From the archive BLASÉ An …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: BELLA There once was a woman named Dodd Who rejected His scepter and rod, In His Church sowing seeds Of the wickedest weeds, But repented and came back to God. From the archive IN THE PUNCH …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: BLASÉ An accuser cites her fear of flying To justify not testifying, But she’s been everywhere And has traveled by air, So it’s clear she has no fear of lying. From the archive SCHNEIDERMAN Schneiderman, Schneiderman …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: K SERA “Justice of the Supreme Court I will be When I’m grown up, you wait and you’ll see – Unless somebody nosy Conspires to expose me For tantrums I threw at age three.” From the …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: ANONYMOUS SOURCE “My identity’s always a mystery And my broadsides bombastic and blistery: When opponents are slighted, I’m the one who is cited, I’m the most quoted person in history.” From the archive ANON. There are …
