Fruit Loops

You know we’re very poor, of that we have certainly, never denied.
Then the ‘Obama-I-don’t-Care’ gave us another whammy, Yes, indeed! Oh My!
Now, it’s Peanut butter we will have for supper, and even that we’ll spread thin.
And the little birdies we gave a cup of bird seed, occasionally, when we dared…

Well, this morning they got a handfull of Fruit Loops, and they were really stale!
With the sugar they have in galore, now birdies are doing cartwheels at my door.
All that crazy energy, they’re acting just like my kids. Hey! Is that my old phone?
They’re texting wildly! Not watching where they go! Hey! There’s a tree! Oh No!

Some are doing cartwheels… While others are staggering back and forth!
But bird seeds not an option, under Obamas new plan, now! Don’t you know!
We ate it all last week, on our free cheese, from the Food Pantry, Not! A! Joke!
He was supposed to make it affordable, now he put food… WAY out the door!

Hey! We WERE the poor ones! Now we’re worse, as he runs away! By Darn!
OOOPPPS! Maybe Fruit Loops weren’t such a good idea, after all, I surmise!
The Dirty Birdies, are walking upside down, in circles, saying they want more!
If only they had hands! I’d get out my camera, but I hocked it, for the food store!

We had good insurance before the ‘Obama-I-Don’t-Care’! But Now it’s gone…
And our small paycheck was cut in half! So I stopped my cable!… Well, Darn!
Hubby walks miles to work, in the snow, backwards, no shoes, uphill! It’s true!

Excuse me! I have to go! For it’s off to the Food Pantry, with others I am bound!
I’d impeach that silly idiot! But I’d rather, he had to eat, just like us, at our house!
Hey! Maybe that explains his crazy actions… Take his Fruit Loops away, By Gosh!
And when you’re done, make sure he uses the same ‘Obama-I-Don’t-Care’… As us!

Then take away that raise from Congress… to fill the Food Pantries… Yea! I SAY!
When you’re done! Remember to vote Them ALL OUT! For what they have done today!
Then send them Dumpster Diving with me… Because they’ll need to learn the art!
Darn! What Now? Oh Oh! Those little Dirty Birdies… Have learned how to fart!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014



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Date: 9/1/2015 1:48:00 AM
Wonderful write and a superb win! Big congrats Carol!
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Date: 11/4/2014 7:00:00 AM
Hilarious write, Carol. Love it. Politically, it's spot on. Hooray for you!
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Date: 10/22/2014 12:49:00 PM
Do you like country music? I feel like there's country ballads trying to break out of your poems. Do you speak them aloud? Sing them? I hear music trying to escape.
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Date: 5/22/2014 8:31:00 PM
This is excellent satire. Love the references to dirty birds. YES>>>VOTE THEM OUT! Very creative and right on point. Love the last stanza :)
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Date: 5/21/2014 5:07:00 PM
Welcome to the Soup Carol :) I am new here as well. I enjoyed your poem and look forward to more. Thanks for sharing and take care A New Friend, jess
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Date: 5/21/2014 8:31:00 AM
Good morning, So very pleased to meet one of the communities newest members. Best Wishes
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Date: 5/20/2014 10:18:00 PM
Hi Carol: Congratulations on a well written and humorous poem.
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Date: 5/20/2014 9:05:00 PM
Carol, I love that you were able to put a humorous twist on a serious subject and still make a point. I truly enjoyed this piece.
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Date: 5/20/2014 12:57:00 PM
Love it, love it, love it, congrats on your win. This is " O " so true . I see the quote on the right side reads: ""When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything. You just let them talk." too funny your poem ,then I see the very person you talk about . ;)
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Date: 5/20/2014 12:06:00 PM
Hi Carol, Impeachment is a meal best served up with Fruit Loops. Nice story. Sad story. True story. It was a fun and tragic read. Congrats on your contest win. Regards, Earl
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Date: 1/31/2014 10:26:00 PM
Quite an entertaining poem, but it carries a very real message within it. Great work, Carol! Congratulations on your win, as well!...Thank you so much for the kind comments.
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Date: 1/29/2014 5:01:00 PM
enjoyed the bite of sarcasm , carol.. sweet congrats on your well deserved win!.. huggs
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Date: 1/29/2014 8:35:00 AM
Fun but with a serious message. Congratulations!
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Date: 1/29/2014 6:30:00 AM
Wonderful poem and congrats on the fine win, Carol
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Date: 1/29/2014 2:21:00 AM
Wow! Now this is a hard hitting poem! We always wish for the better and cry out to governments to do their part in making our lives better but to our dismay all forms of promises prove to be mirages. Very well written!
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Date: 1/28/2014 2:29:00 PM
If Fydor Dostoyevsky was alive today, he could not describe current sitiations any better. Reading this reminded me a bit of a few passages found in "Crime and Punishment".
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Date: 1/25/2014 12:31:00 PM
Ah amazing craft. Its not as bad as d 'DEPRESION' i hope. I likd d way u rhymd it and describd d hyper change in d birdies. Atleast u managd to humor it. Thumbs up. Nice to read u again.
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