A man of debatable taste
Thought wonders of sticky toothpaste.
Adorning his hair,
Or auto repair,
All based that with paste it was laced.
I may host a contest? For the most politically correct here
On the theme of playing monopoly, with fake money
Is that legal btw ? I'm sure there will be some interesting
Entrys.'
Place all comments in the box below.'
A 'hot-button' topic was 'problematic'
and so in the name of 'equity' and 'incisiveness'
we had a national 'conversation'
however,
we kept using meaningless overused words.
In the end we quite forgot
what the hell we were yacking about.
Planet Zog’s Chief
raised vital question
“do aliens exist?”
In one straight line across the stage,
Of varied temperament and age,
The Democratic hopefuls spoke
To rouse supporters or provoke.
They disagreed in certain ways
And rarely gave each other praise
But tried to prove, to all who heard,
That they could get the country stirred.
By turns dynamic and laid-back
Each other's views they did attack
While all who watched were left to wonder
Who would rise and who would blunder.
Still, one or two will hit the stump
With just one goal - defeating Trump.
“Margaret Thatcher you ain’t!”
“You ain’t old Reagan in paint!”
slinging mud
with a thud
terrible taunts tossed to taint
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