{"id":5594,"date":"2010-11-29T12:33:30","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T17:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/?p=5594"},"modified":"2010-11-29T12:33:30","modified_gmt":"2010-11-29T17:33:30","slug":"your-weekly-politickle-fast-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/your-weekly-politickle-fast-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Weekly Politickle: FAST FORWARD"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier:<\/strong><\/p>\n

FAST FORWARD
\nI remember with special delight
\nHow each holiday had its own rite:
\nNow that commerce trumps living,
\nWe skip over Thanksgiving
\nAnd start Christmas on Halloween night.<\/p>\n

From the archive: <\/em><\/p>\n

CHARGE!
\nAt Thanksgiving we pull out the stopper
\nOn commercialized Christmastime proper:
\nWe\u2019ll have six months to pay,
\nBut stay out of the way
\nOf the stampeding psychotic shopper!
\n(2008)<\/small><\/p>\n

$MAS
\nThere is less than a month left, you know,
\nOnly 21 days in a row,
\nBarely 500 hours
\nTo buy yours, mine, and ours,
\n30,000 mere minutes to go!
\n(2007)<\/small><\/p>\n

DECK THE GALS
\n\u201cMerry Christmas!\u201d she crowed, and then smiled,
\nLeaving less seasoned shoppers beguiled.
\n\u201cNow get out of my way
\n\u2018Cause I don\u2019t have all day
\nAnd I must have that toy for my child!\u201d
\n(2005)<\/small><\/p>\n

Last week’s limerick: <\/em><\/p>\n

DRESS CODE
\nWe showed up in our holiday best,
\nWith the exception of one honored guest,
\nSo the dinner was late
\nAnd we all had to wait
\nBecause \u201cTom\u201d was not properly dressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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