Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

Holiday Update

Next Memorial Day
  Let's remember all those deceased
Their blood on the hands of those
  Who sold us 'Defund the Police'

We'll rename July Fourth
  'USA Dependence Day'
Let the il-Liberty Bell toll
  We're all on drugs and the dole

The first Monday in September
  Is still called Labor Day
But who needs to work now
  Uncle Sam pays us more to play

How 'bout old Columbus Day
  States now renaming it
'Indigenous Peoples Day' --
  Why not Illegal Aliens Day

And let's not forget Halloween
  When scary grownups primp and preen
Trying to fit in costumes to display parts of them
  -- Better left unseen

Of course, last but not least:
  Election Day's now a national holiday
How's that different for postal remployees
  Who never show up anyway

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Kim Rodrigues June 24, 2021 at 6:32 PM You’ve said it! Crazy!

David Mchattie June 23, 2021 at 5:53 PM A little dark my friend. But you are right... that famous John Kennedy line has been long forgotten by many. Stay frosty my friend. Gershon Wolf June 23, 2021 at 6:22 PM Ha, ha, I know exactly to what you refer, my scholarly friend. JFK famously said: 'And the football is Bobby's, but the rubber duck is mine!' ~ Moving fo-wahd with vigah! ~ Kamel Lot

Anne E Sangster - K June 23, 2021 at 4:55 PM Excellent one Gershon! Had a good laugh at the Halloween line - better left unseen. Lol :-D Gershon Wolf June 23, 2021 at 6:18 PM That Halloween line describes me year-round now, after (ahem!) putting on a few too many pounds during the lockdowns... Thanks, Anne. :) gw

Tom Cunningham June 23, 2021 at 11:54 AM As Dylan sang, the times they are a changin, and not for the better. Tom Gershon Wolf June 23, 2021 at 6:18 PM Holiday times ain't what they used to be neither, as Tom Sawyer might have put it. Thanks, Tom. ~ From ATP (Across the Pond), Gershon

Charlie Smith June 23, 2021 at 8:46 AM Thanks for the update, so damn true Gershon … Gershon Wolf June 23, 2021 at 6:15 PM Charlie, thanks for the support. Hope you've been well. ~ Gershon