Thursday, December 12, 2019

Verses from stories by Hiroko Tabuchi, Michael Powell, and John Wagner.




Hiroko Tabuchi


METHANE GAS LEAKS IMPERIL THE PLANET
@HirokoTabuchi

The oil fields in west Texas,
leaking methane all the time,
are committing sabotage
and greenhouse gassing crime.
But regulations are too loose,
and bureaucrats don't care
that escaping methane
is polluting all the air.
With lobbyists in Congress
(where there's plenty gas already)
chances of reversal 
are pretty doggone thready.

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BUILD A BETTER FOOTBALL HELMET
AND THERE'S STILL BRAIN DAMAGE.
@powellnyt


Football is Big Bizness, and the players make good bread.
Too bad all that money can't repair a broken head.
Concussions, inflammation -- that's a player's pension plan.
He'll spend his golden years just waiting for a new CAT scan.
 Spectators don't realize (or else don't want to know)
that football's more traumatic than old Larry, Curly, Moe.
I advise all players to protect their own soft goods
and still make money with a game of golf like Tiger Woods.

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TRUMP BULLIES 16 YEAR OLD GRETA THUNBERG
VIA TWITTER.

@WPJohnWagner

If Donald Trump must waste his time
with hazing adolescents
I think it's time we all agree
to his true obsolescence.
Never mind impeachment trials
or other programs pale;
give him tar and feathers
and then ride him on a rail . . .

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