Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier:
NEW BEGINNING
Having saddled the wrong pachyderm —
One too contrary, coy, and infirm —
We have four years to delve
To find someone in ’12
To succeed to the donkey’s one term.
From the archive:
BOOBY PRIZE
For years his rare record has stood
And it looked like forever it would,
But Bill Clinton’s the man
Who said, “Yes, yes I can:
I can make Jimmy Carter look good!”
(2001)
RUSH HOUR
When combative conservatives hush
And the brazenest liberals blush,
We know that the fun
Has already begun
And the nation is listening to Rush!
(2000)
BLANK LIKE ME
Census takers who tally my head
Will not know if I’m black, white, or red:
Because, in the space
To designate race,
I’ll inscribe the word “human” instead.
(2000)
OUR CONFUSION
Will we ever develop the knack
Of remembering how to keep track,
Overcoming the “block”
Of resetting our clock:
To “spring forward” or, rather, “spring back”?
(2005)
Last week’s limerick:
ABARACKADABRA
Some magicians do mental spoon-bending
Or assistants in mid-air suspending,
But Barack has a trick
That is even more slick:
He can balance a budget by spending!