Verses from Today's New York Times. ** Juul Says Its Focus Was Smokers, but It Targeted Young Nonsmokers. ** Picassos in the Garage? Artist’s Handyman Is Convicted of Hiding Stolen Works. ** Afghan Vote Crawls Toward Crisis, With No Results After 2 Months.

@julie_creswell  @BySheilaKaplan

Vice is always guaranteed

profit margins large to breed.

And it doesn't hurt that Juul

knows each youngster is a fool,

willing to try anything

just to see what it will bring.

Juul may say they're innocent

as they charge a huge rack rent,

but someday a judge will flag

all their crimes with fines that gag.

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@ElianPeltier

Sticky fingers had Pierre;

he nabbed Picassos without care.

But when he tried to sell 'em cheap,

the judge called him a darn black sheep.

Too old to go to jail, Pierre

wished there was more laissez faire. 

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@MujMash

Stealing votes or gutting same

is an old Afghani game.

Rigged elections don't upset

those who yet more power get.

In Kabul democracy

can't defeat hypocrisy.

Not like in the USA --

where our votes we throw away

on buffoons, completely free

of restraint (and sanity.)