Verses from stories by Jason Farago, Katie Mettler, and Roxanne Roberts.

WHEN IS A BANANA NOT A BANANA?

@jsf

Bananas are symbolic

of so many things in life;

they represent all starchiness

and sexiness, and strife.

So when they're put upon display

for art patrons to adore,

it's only right some goomba

eats 'em up like stevedore.

Next time that an artist

wants to tape up something rare,

I suggest considering a pointed prickly pear.

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SMACKING BUTTS ON LIVE TV

@kemettler

Smacking butts on live TV

is a sort of infamy.

Now reporters will not dare

take along their derriere,

fearful that some redneck Grinch

will give them a slap or pinch.

"Meet the Press" becomes inferior,

cuz who can sit without posterior?

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THE TRUMPS DON'T SOCIALIZE NO MORE

@_RoxanneRoberts

The Trumps don't socialize no more;

they'd rather stay at home and snore.

So humble and so quiet, they

stay indoors the live-long day.

The Beltway with its lights so bright

does not lure them them out at night

(plus Trump's tuxedo is too tight.)

They don't like crowds or ceremonies

(unless it's their own kind of cronies.)