Friday, August 24, 2018

How to lose friends and alienate people -- Have a great day -- Nebraska lawmakers


In the span of three days, President Trump appears to have lost or to be dangerously close to losing the loyalty of three people he used to be able to count on pretty much unconditionally.   WaPo

A sitting president who loses friends along the way
is common as a hockey player getting in a fray.
When you're on a throne you tend to kick all those below
who put you there with falsehoods and so much illicit dough.
Gratitude is something that a president regrets
giving out to anyone, including White House pets. 


PepsiCo wants you to write notes of love and encouragement to your kids on the junk food you pack in their lunch box. @maloneyfiles
Your kids my grow as fat as sin
but leave them notes to make them grin
on bags of chips and Moon Pies too,
as diabetes turns them blue.


As the University of Nebraska makes strides for diversity, Nebraska State senator Steve Erdman sparked debate when he suggested the addition of a diversity director would put white men at a disadvantage by favoring minorities.  WaPo 

There is no end to lunacy
with lawmakers' hyperbole
as grappling with reality
they show the wits of a sand flea.


Poke’s popularity surges even as arguments about authenticity heat up



I'm glad that the national food
of my land has yet to be screwed.
It's lefse, you see,
and there's nobody
who wants to have it barbecued.


Thursday, August 23, 2018

How Donald Trump turned Omarosa’s ‘Unhinged’ tell-all into a bestseller



 Omarosa should thank Donald Trump for her success. Even before the book was officially released on Aug. 14, the president started firing off angry tweets, gassing up public interest far beyond anything the publisher or the author could have managed by themselves.  WaPo

A writer who learns to inspire
the President's twittering ire
will have a bestseller,
with earnings quite stellar --
despite prose as tangled as brier.

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

my foolish work




to watch the rainbow
keep blessing the heavens high
is my foolish work



like honey



the brown and the pink
and the green of the summer
are stored like honey

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

sometimes I push back



the gossamer sky
weighs billions of tons they say;
sometimes I push back

Monday, August 20, 2018

unripe and spiky



unripe and spiky
with a secret that will seed
the sidewalk vainly


sailing quiet



Sailing quiet above
the softened mountain valley
is expanding hope



Sharknado, an inside joke that became a smash TV movie franchise, is officially dead



These movies were so overripe
they spawned a whirlwind of big hype.
The reason must be
that through history
the public enjoys some good tripe.

The Tweets of Trump



Where’s the Collusion? They made up a phony crime called Collusion, and when there was no Collusion they say there was Obstruction (of a phony crime that never existed). If you FIGHT BACK or say anything bad about the Rigged Witch Hunt, they scream Obstruction! @realDonaldTrump



I never will stoop to collude
with anyone anywhere, dude.
And I've always bucked
the urge to obstruct;
Integrity I do exude.