Harry a Pompous Arrogant Goose

He was the most puffed up keeper of the meadow they had ever had.
They had nominated him for a joke, he was an arrogant, pompous cad.
He thought it was real, and ran for mayor and governor too.
We called him High Horse Harry, the goose who always wore blue.

He had a fine top hat with a ribbon round its band.
He wore an azure blue vest that was the talk of the land.
The deer were the only animals who thought Harry was real.
The rest of us poked fun of him, for he was a boastful heel.

The rest of the state did not realize this was a joke.
They actually voted for Harry, and elected the bloke.
Mayor H. is now more arrogant than ever, with a pocket watch too.
On his way to becoming governor, wearing his pompous prissy blue.
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Wolf Avatar
July 27, 2022 at 7:59 PM
Your poem contains a message for the electorate in 2022 and 2024, methinks. There are too may pompous a's running, indeed: Biden, Trump, Pelosi, Pritzker, Kinzinger, Omar, Tlieb... so, so many! And we nominate them and then vote for them. What does that make us?!
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July 28, 2022 at 12:15 AM
Some of us have given up the vote since we are a republic not a democracy, so maybe it makes us the smart ones.
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