Gershon Wolf Poet Light Verse

Our Whims With Acronyms

We have our whims with acronyms,
especially with our Presidents:
   Remember JFK and RFK?
   ~ They paved the way for LBJ.

'Course FDR started so much more--
   the AAA and the CCC
   the CWA and the FHA    
   the NRA and the PWA 
   the SSA and the WPA 
     ~and who can forget the TVA?

But after HHH got to be the VP, 
he just couldn't win any more...  
   He couldn't beat Nixon
   who used all his tricks in 
   proving Hubert Horatio Humphrey 
     ~ a consummate BORE... 

'Course this made Humphrey so sore, 
he had to settle the score, 
raspy voice from the grave risen once more:
   "Seems you have yet to meet Albert GORE..."

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Michelle Faulkner May 18, 2018 at 8:37 AM Hah, great last line to your clever and spot-on write - have a great weekend- Gershon Wolf May 18, 2018 at 2:17 PM Thank you, Michelle,...and you have a great weekend too! :) gw

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart May 17, 2018 at 10:37 AM Your dizzying intellect is delightful :) xomo! Gershon Wolf May 17, 2018 at 10:46 AM Well, what can I say here? --Only that 'it takes one to know one! ~ Dazzingly Daffy

Mike Gentile May 17, 2018 at 9:43 AM Great fun, Gershon!! Feels a bit like Acronym met alliteration, Happy Thursday !! Gershon Wolf May 17, 2018 at 10:47 AM Fun IS a three-letter word! Thanks for the visit and the compliment, Mike. Happy Thursday...and Friday too! ~ gw