Like a man possessed we fight
'neath cool exteriors
a raging fire burns, day and night
We have nowhere to turn
no matter how we yearn
to parlez vous francais or habla ingles
Never quite accepted
by the whole world rejected
All our efforts reproved
ever on the move ...
I squirm and fidget
'cos I never quite fit in
Now, back in Israel
with God I dwell
I know who and what I am
back in my homeland
Laura Ingles Wilder
Her prose were milder
Than poetry or verse
Intended to coearce
Louisa May Alcott
Wrote tales I bought
About women and boys
With hearts sure to poise
Miss Nancy Drew
Wasn't such a shrew
She solved every crime
In her own spare time
Little Trixie Belden
Mysteries were well done
Dancing with shadows
Which she would expose
The brothers Grimm
Wrote tales that did brim
With joy, hope and love
Sent down from heaven above
Por favor, senor
I ask a favor, no more
Hablo ingles, no espanol
You'll get my whole bankroll...
To the Dove World Outreach Center and Westboro Baptist Church
At the Sunday gospel meeting
Coded words of hate repeating
Welcome in if you're Caucasian
Enter not if black or Asian
Sheeple purple Kool-Aid drinking
For the ones who do their thinking
Giving up their right to question
For a soothing mind possession
You'll take no vino with the host
It might offend the Holy Ghost
So you'll save your Ray-Bans for
The covered drive-thru liquor store
Come sit upon the front row pews
Be born again to hate the Jews
All brother this and sister that
Unless you wear a bishop's hat
You handle snakes and speak in tongues
But you can't even spell in one
You know a single Spanish phrase
And that's "Habla usted ingles?"
You can abuse that Venezuelan
While you worship Sarah Palin
Who can stoke your fiery yearning
For a little Koran burning
You're the lily of the valley
At the LGBT rally
In the spirit charismatic
And the gun on automatic
Time to do some holy rolling
Just outside your place of polling
In each verse and chapter quoting
Clear instructions for your voting
* Title is from The Merchant of Venice - Act 1, Scene 3
No estoy gozoso
Cuando algo es costoso
Pero cuando es barato
Tenemos un trato!
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It doesn't make me happy
when items cost alot
But when there is a sale
It's as good as bought!
Shopping down the isles of produce, my mind began to wonder
The banana says to the pear
"Hey cutie, can I peel you later?"
Pear replies, "Not unless you want to be bruised, loser!"
The avacodo states, "Senor do not hassle the pretty lady.
Si. We do not want any trouble" I have traveled many miles to come to this wealthy nation. I am wanting freedom and the american dream. Not war any day!"
Banana states, "Pardon senor, I too have traveled many miles to find my destiny!"
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