Rhymes in Times
I don’t know but I been told
we been here since days of old.
I’ve heard tales of a long-ago roamer
whose Aegean sagas were told by Homer.
Verses of Israel came through Solomon.
History leaves tracks as stories seem to follow men.
Animated fables were told by Aesop
forerunners of twentieth century bebop.
Early sports reporting came through Pindar
like stadium snacks now served by the vendor.
Roman rhymes came through Virgil;
Euro heroes leaped o’er every hurtle.
Beowulf came along with tale of Grendl
like stories you can read about on any Kindle.
If you think I’m stretching lines to make a rhyme
It’s because my rhymes are only worth a dime
As Arlo had sung he don’t want a pickle
He just wanna ride on his motor-cicle.
My rhymes here detected the Daily Caller.
for which I wouldn’t give a greenback dollar
But as usual I regress
So with my silly rhymes I will address
Cuz Joyce said God could make a tree
but poems were writ by fools like me.
Now this here rhyme rant started
when my overloaded brain farted
I’m not making this up
I’m going to make sure this poetic cup
fills up; y’all listen up!
I was trying to find an historical rhyme
about our situation now and the one back in time
When the Senate Committee to investigate
heard testimony about the break-in at Watergate.
T’was a crime commissioned by tricky Dick Nixon
When he enlisted some burglars for political fixin’
But the Senate committee investigated the crime;
Then that dirty tricks crew did their time
Now we see a similar crime that got investigated
When the January sixth rebels were interrogated.
They’d been trying to steal the election
with a trump-instigated insurrection.
But later, when the dust had settled
Our US House put pedal to metal
to convene, by House committee in session
and administer investigative detection.
So the special House Jan6 interviews
reminded me of that old Watergate news
and Senator Sam with his Carolina drawl.
Please, ye Americans remember the history, y’all!
But this it time ’t’was conducted by Chairman Benny
as they conducted enquiries, so many.
Now our 2024 election’s next Tuesday
I hope the American people can remember past days
when a President learned the hard way that crime don’t pay
Then those Watergate crimes were discovered.
Now like those tricky Dick treasons that got uncovered
We have a new strain of lawbreaking discovered.
With such a critical election only six days away
we must condemn that insurrectionist fray
I urge you to vote against that January sixth mob
cuz to maintain our Republic is the People’s job
Don’t let him back in — chief insurrectionst trump
but choose Harris, and Kick donnie out on his rump!
