Beasts of Burden
Beasts of Burden
By Franklin Price
2/13/2016
Beasts of burden are the Elephant,
And the Ass; at least I think
The former is Republican,
The latter Democrat; they stink
The story I'm here to tell you
Is about the two of them,
And how they go to Washington;
Many times on just a whim
Neither has an interest
In carrying the load
Or delivering on their elected jobs
To keep this country on the road
The elephant has gotten fatter
With manna from above
The ass just stands and hees and haws
It's a sound you have to love
Neither are delivering
They're way too good for that
Besides the roads are crumbling
From the loads of pork and fat
The elephant blocks the doorway
The ass then kicks it shut
We the people watch in wonder
With heads stuck up our our butts
Put the elephant on a diet
Stop the ass's hee and haw
Don't accept when they point fingers
That's really sticking in my craw
Brace them together to the wagon
To move collectively along
Or remove them from the traces
To figure out what they did wrong
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