THE HOAX ENVIES THE BEAR

The Odious Orange Outrage
Envies the Bear
Deep in the Hoax’s core
He wishes he could create
That much gore

DON’T TELL THE BEAR

 

One Russian General to another:
“Don’t tell the Bear
But things are not looking good
When the Bear realizes this
We could be on our way to Siberia
Strapped to the hood”

NEGOTIATING WITH THE BEAR

 

Negotiating with the Bear
Is not for the faint of heart
The Bear will lie incessantly
And that’s before talks even start
 
The Bear claims a scaling back
Of military activity
But for months before invading
The Bear said military activity
Was not pending
 
So you can’t trust the Bear
He’s played the game a long time
He knows lying is what you do
It’s not close to being a crime

THE RUSSIAN BEAR

 

Is there morality
In the Russian Bear?
Or about right and wrong
He just doesn’t care?
 
Is his moral code simply
Winner take all
And losers are left
At the rear of the stall?

FOOT IN MOUTH AGAIN

 

Joe, please
Think before you speak
Your staff is tired of trying
To clean up your words with
A “what he meant was” tweak
And if you keep putting
Your foot in your mouth
Your political future is bleak

WHAT IS A WOMAN?

 

Senator Marsha Blackburn
Of the State of Tennessee
Wanted the definition of “woman”
From the Supreme Court nominee
 
Ketanji’s response was polite
But it could have been
“Do you mean a normal one who is human
Or a Tennessee shrew
Masquerading as a woman?”

MITCH SAY “NO DICE” ON KETANJI

 

Mitch says he won’t support
Ketanji Brown Jackson
For the Supreme Court
Duh?
No one really expected you, Mitch
To abandon Republican bigotry
And make an objective decision
Based on what is good for the country

JACKASSERY

 

Senator Ben Sasse described
The conduct of some colleagues
As Jackassery
He didn’t mention names
But Cruz, Graham, Hawley
Qualify pretty obviously
 
Thanks for the performance
Of the Three Stooges
Should also go to
Virginia’s Guv Youngkin
Who has made critical race theory
And school curriculums in general
A pressing national emergency

PORNOGRAPHY AND REPUBLICAN SENATORS

 

Certain Republican Senators seem fixated
With pornography
Their eyes light up
They cross their legs
They break into a sweat
They hold their breath expectantly
 
Meanwhile, poor Lindsey
His candidate wasn’t selected
So he’s pouting, whining, threatening
Don’t mess with the South Carolinian
‘Til he’s done ranting and raving

THREE STOOGES QUESTION NOMINEE

 

Ted Cruz showed his talent
For instigating controversy
Bringing to the Jackson hearing
Critical race theory
 
Say what, Ted?
Talk about catering to the base
Throw some red meat
Right in their face
 
Ted put up some cartoons
That pretty much reflected
The degree to which he is
Mentally disconnected
 
Meanwhile Lindsey had a tantrum
Ranting and raving about Gitmo
Then stormed out of the hearing
As if he had gout in the toe
 
Josh Hawley couldn’t let go
Of the topic of pornography
He actually seemed pretty turned on
Like it was his autobiography

BUT SHE’S NOT ONE OF US

 

The America First element
Of the Republican Party
Is struggling with how to oppose
A female black
Supreme Court nominee
 
A direct bigoted attack
Is to be avoided
But code words and subtle suggestions
Will likely be liberally exploited

HYPERSONIC MISSILES

 

Putin’s troops are sluggish
So he’s trying another avenue
Hypersonic missiles
To bolster his murderous crew
 
Will there be negotiations?
Putin doesn’t negotiate
He’s a dictator
And dictators dictate

PUTIN HAS A RALLY

 

Just like the Orange Hoax
Putin had himself a rally
And just as with the Hoax
His lies were too many to tally
 
The Russian way of war
Is straight outta the last century
Use as many ways as possible
To kill indiscriminately

THE HOAX, PUTIN, AND FACTS

 

The Hoax’s believers are convinced
Joe Biden stole the election
Putin’s believers are convinced
Ukraine committed aggression
 
Or did Biden commit aggression
And Ukraine steal the election?
Helluva world we live in
Where facts escape detection

BODY COUNT

 

If the winner of a war
Is who slaughters the most civilians
Putin’s Russians are number one
True killing machine technicians
 
Hard to accept
In the 21st Century
That a supposedly civilized nation
Is capable of such indiscriminate depravity

MARJORIE FOR VP

 

The Odious Orange Hoax
Has shut the door
On Mike Pence as his running mate
In 2024
That opens the gate
For Marjorie Taylor Greene
To step up to the plate
 
Trump-Greene
Would be quite a ticket
Two intellectual giants
Tackling the policy-making thicket

THE PROTEST ABOUT NOTHING

 

A convoy is making
A daily tour around DC
With no apparent purpose
Other than irritating the citizenry
 
Doing a good job of that, fellas
Keep at it
You might replace Congress’ ineptness
As a target

LONGING FOR THE PAST

 

Putin looks at Russia
And sees a faded black pearl
That is not what he wants
As his legacy to the world
 
He wants the Red Colossus
Of fifty years ago
The empire that dominated
The European-Asian show

NATION’S SICK UNDERBELLY

 

Two book reviews
In Sunday’s Washington Post
Highlight the nation’s sick underbelly
And are not for the milquetoast
 
“An American Tragedy
And the Battle for Truth”
Looks at Sandy Hook deniers
Their damaging delusions
Their mental contortions
And their actions’ ramifications
 
“Lessons from the Edge”
By the former Ambassador to Ukraine
Highlights the maneuverings and deceits
Of the one-time U.S. President
And his dishonest chump Giuliani
Aided by SecState Mike Pompeo
As they unsuccessfully attempt to prevent
A Joe Biden Presidency
 
The two reviews leave one
With many ruminations
About the condition of humanity
And the state of civilizations

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS SCAM

The latest infatuation
Of the knee-jerk far right
Is turning up or back the clock
You’re messing with nature’s light
 
The twenty-four hour day
Is the creature of nature and/or the Almighty
Moving those hours up or back
Is an insult to religion
Not to mention an assault on sanity
 
Here’s a unique idea
A convoy protesting
The daylight savings scam
Get the big rigs moving
Supply chain be damn

TED JOINS CONVOY

 

Always in pursuit
Of the center of attention
Ted Cruz circumnavigated DC
In a truck convoy demonstration
 
You go, Ted
Charge into the covid fray
Never mind that
Covid seems to be going away
 
But you have principles
Don’t tread on me
The Founding Fathers most definitely
Would have been in a big rig
Perched in the convoy tree

RUSSIAN PLAYBOOK

 

Adolph Hitler
And Attila the Hun
Are apparently providing the Russian playbook
Kill, maim, destroy
Then do it again for fun

WHAT’S RUSSIA ABOUT?

 

Civilians, Hospitals, Children
Putin is going all out
Bombing Ukrainians back to the Stone Age
Showing’em what Russia is about
 
Russia is apparently about barbarism
About manhood gone overboard
About a mythical past
About living by the sword

DON’T SAY GAY

 

The wokeness on the Republican side
Is curtailing the things you can say
Such as, you can’t say Gay
 
Well, if that’s the direction
Discussion is heading
Here is a phrase distasteful
That many find not comforting
And thus should be unlawful
 
“The Hoax in 2024”
Send shivers up the spine
Makes babies cry
And adults cringe
And should not be uttered in public
Not even during an alcoholic binge

“SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION”

 

“Special military operation”
To Russians apparently means
Slaughtering Ukraine civilians
To achieve Putin’s dreams

THANKS GUV YOUNGKIN

 

For some taxpayers this year
Virginia is not offering
The free-file fillable form
Online option for tax filing
 
There is a free online option
But only if your income
Is below a certain threshold
Otherwise you turn to
A non-free commercial option or
Back to the tangible paper zoo
 
So thanks Guv Youngkin
For this technological retreat
Now you can return to
The anti-education beat

MARCO, DUH?

 

Hate to say it
But the Hoax might have been right
Little Marco is
Not very bright
 
On a zoom conference
With the U.S. Congress
Ukrainian President Zelensky
Made a request that
No pictures be taken
Showing where he was at
 
But Marco and at least one other
Could not hold out
They posted on social media
Saying in effect
Here’s the hideout

TAX TIME

 

Haven’t heard much
From the Orange Hoax
Not even his pathetic
Attempts at jokes
 
Maybe he’s worried
About his buddy Vladimir
And whether Val
Needs a bit of cheer
 
Meanwhile,
Taxes are coming due
But if Armageddon is at hand
Is it really necessary
To pay the tax man?

UNREALISTIC SOLUTION

 

Putin talked to Macron
Showed no sign of backing down
One thing that might stop him
Is an uprising in Moscow his town
 
Wouldn’t it be great
If the Russian people pursued the possibility?
But the chances of that
Seem not very likely
 
Meanwhile Russian forces
Have set a nuclear plant on fire
They don’t seem reluctant
To raise the stakes higher

MEAN GIRLS IN CONGRESS

 

Marjorie and Lauren thought
They were at a ball game
Heckling the other team
Being a real pain
 
Hey Girls, it was
The State of the Union
Not how much you can rag on
Poor ol’ Joe Biden
 
Flirting with the bros
Being “mean girl” to the gals
Just like high school
When it was just outsiders and pals

WHACKO FAR RIGHT

 

Some on America’s
Whacko far right
View Putin as a hero
Which makes those so described
An American zero
Talking about you
Wearing the FoxNews sombrero