". . .   a mix of impassioned speeches with comic-book readings, comedy shows and a nail-hammering contest."
WSJ

If you want to save the whales

why not hammer in some nails?

If for freedom you would strike

give a blow to some small spike.

It has long been understood

liberty needs hammered wood.

Bards upon their lyre strum:

when you swing please watch your thumb.

Without nails and hammers we

could not change world history.

Joan of Arc, so pure and clean,

carried with her a ball-peen.

Jason and the Argonauts

carried nails of bronze in pots.

When in peril they had fun

shooting them with a nail gun.

Betsy Ross, though needles break,

used a brad our flag to make.

Roosevelt and his New Deal

needed carpet tacks of steel.

And today we cannot fail

if we use ten penny nail.

Though, depending on your view,

merit might be in a screw.