Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Verses from Stories in the New York Times -- The World’s Oceans Are in Danger, Major Climate Change Report Warns -- A Love Letter to Canned Food -- Employer Health Insurance Is Increasingly Unaffordable, Study Finds.




One fish, two fish, no fish, few fish.
Dead fish, whew! fish, black fish, screw fish.
This one poisoned by phosphates.
That one swallows big lead weights.
Say! As all the oceans boil,
fish are floating up to spoil.
Tuna fish will cost much more
than a can of pickled boar!
Some are sick and some are weak,
and some great gobs of pus do leak.
What has happened to the shad?
Beats me, dude; go ask your dad.
Here are some by coral reef,
looking for some cool relief.
But the coral's white with smother.
Why is that? Go ask your mother!
@bradplumer

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A can of peaches is to me
an evening's welcome grocery.
No muss, no fuss; just open and
add some cream to make it grand.
Pork and beans may sound mundane,
but they beat a quiche lorraine
when you're tired or too broke
to eat out like the richer folk.
A pantry full of cans is sweet
(and don't forget the pickled beet!)
@MelissaClark

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Employers who offer health care
are dwindling and pretty rare.
With premiums high
you might as well die,
as live homeless in a lawn chair.
@ReedAbelson


"Tain't funny, McGee . . . "

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