Crackers in the Soup

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                On the Soup we have broth and bisque 
                and the odd chowderhead with a whisk
                We got the antisemites who rant and rave 
                who are artful but not very smart or brave 
                We got useful idiots and indoctrinated 
                who should be committed and sedated

                We have the banterers who kid and jest
                and lighten the mood for all the rest
                We got spoilers for a fight who pick ‘em
                and quickly cry wolf and play the victim
                We have the philosophers and thinkers
                and we got imposters and hoodwinkers

                We have truth tellers and truth deniers 
                and the peacemakers and the pacifiers
                We have the literati and we have divas
                and the overpraised and underachievers
                We have the deleters and the blockers
                and have boomers and the Tik Tokers

                We got the same old cliques and coteries
                who flatter and praise each other to please 
                We got an Age of Unreason phenomenon 
                and its nutters who resort to ad hominem
                We got the bullies, numpties, and churls
                who cry virtue but really are mean girls 
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                We have insufferable attention seekers
                and the poem dumpers and critiquers 
                We have the hate filled partisan politics
                and endless deranged Trumpian limericks
                We got echo chambers and herdthink 
                and ego fragile hive minds on the brink

                We have the perpetually offended haters
                and the snowflake hypocrite mass debaters  
                We have among us nihilists and deceivers
                and have heretics and the true believers 
                We have the plagiarisers and AI cheaters
                and the bombasters and the chest beaters

                We have poets who crave the spotlight
                and have poets who just love to write
                We have the good, the bad, and the ugly,
                and the wise, the dumb, and the smugly
                But for such a large and diverse group
                we all bring something to the Soup


                             Written: June 2025

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FJ Thomas

Date: 7/21/2025 9:49:00 AM

You made me choke on my breakfast reading this one lolol! I vote this be the first page of every PS anthology. There is quite the bunch of coconuts here isn't there... we're not exactly a "lovely bunch," but we're here ;) Take care Keith

Keith D Trestrail
Date: 7/21/2025 4:12:00 PM

Thank you, FJ. When life gives you coconuts, make pina coladas. Lots of ‘em! Keep safe and well.

Arlo Parker

Date: 6/12/2025 2:43:00 PM

Panoramic snapshot across the bow! Well said, Foster.

Arlo Parker
Date: 6/13/2025 12:30:00 PM

Mr. Clean!!

Keith D Trestrail
Date: 6/13/2025 12:00:00 AM

Thanks AP. This is the sanitised version. Cheers!

Tom Woody

Date: 6/5/2025 4:53:00 AM

Sigh. Such a lovely, eclectic bunch of knuckleheads we are. I feel a tear coming on (sniff)

Arlo Parker
Date: 6/12/2025 2:46:00 PM

9 years and 2 POTD's. My talent sinks to the top....I agree this one should hit that algorithm hard and let the comments begin!!!!! Cowards(?).

Tom Woody
Date: 6/5/2025 7:08:00 AM

Psst! I haven't gotten POTD in over a year. Can ya tweak it for the former son of Spock too?

Keith D Trestrail
Date: 6/5/2025 6:08:00 AM

I second that. I’ll tweak the algorithm just for you.

Tom Woody
Date: 6/5/2025 5:58:00 AM

This really needs to be POTD, just for the raw pleasure of reading the comments

Keith D Trestrail
Date: 6/5/2025 5:01:00 AM

I feel your pain.