Saturday, January 4, 2020

Verses from stories by Jennifer Medina, Maggie Haberman, Lateshia Beachum, and Heather Long.

Portrait of Jennifer Medina
Jennifer Medina. NYT.

TRUMP BOASTS 'GOD IS ON OUR SIDE.'
@jennymedina  @maggieNYT

When the Lord heard Donald Trump
talking like a pious chump,
on the Hotline He did tell
Mr. Scratch way down in Hell
to prepare a special seat
for someone to feel the heat.
Then an angel he did send
down to Earth to make an end
of the President's career --
now the chump craves but cold beer.

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SMOKERS GET THE HEAVE-HO
IN THE WORKPLACE
@lateshiabeachum

If you like to take a puff
you will find it very tough
to find work most anyplace;
nicotine's a big disgrace.
Switch to pot; it's legal now --
and no one cares much anyhow.

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AMERICAN RAILROADS CONTINUE
MASSIVE LAYOFFS
@byHeatherLong

Casey Jones would sure be floored
if he tried to get aboard
any train that's run today --
he would weep and shout 'Oy vey!'
Automation intervenes,
and the doughty men in jeans
that in olden days did toil
coupling cars and squirting oil
now are but a memory --
with roundhouse run by absentee.
Even hobos shun the rails;
they'd rather hitchhike on some snails.






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