America and Russia
Walk hand-in-hand
From a mission to space.
Back on land
They greet a foreign world—
Alien to them—
Covered in COVID,
In Kazakhstan.
When they last were here,
Two hundred days ago,
Trump wasn’t impeached
Although the whistle blows.
The Steelers pick up their first win
And vaping was a crisis.
That’s the last thing they were here for
Before coronavirus.
Author: Christopher Unterberger
4.16.20 – Eyes
4.15.20 – Trump Hears a WHO
Trump heard the WHO
Let >100,000 people die
Due to COVID-19.
This is How the Grinch Trump Stole Christmas WHO funding:
He said to.
It’s not funny.
Oh, the places you’ll go
When you want to win election.
One vote,
Two vote,
Who, though,
Will absentee vote
This November?
4.14.20 – Dan and Jill
Dan and Jill
Went up the hill
For a chance to win a seat
On the Supreme Court
Of Wisconsin (of course)
But only one would be beat.
The incumbent, reserved,
Is known to conserve
While the challenger is known to progress.
The voters prevailed,
Largely voting by mail,
And the liberal came out ahead.
4.13.20 – Death of a Postman
The flute flutters a tune as
The poor ol’ Postman
Marches up the driveway
Lugging the loot
For both Willie and Donnie
Only to shoot
Him down.
Donnie deals in illusions
And rejected the package
That would be sure to
Relieve the Postman
Of his aching cough.
But, alas, in front of
Charley and Bernard’s sweat
Donnie yells to the Postman:
“Drop dead!”
4.10.20 – It’s a Good Good Friday
It’s a Good Friday
For Dow and oil.
But not so much
For those looking for spoils.
A splurge on the weekend
At the local pub
Has been abandoned
With a quarantine shrug.
But the Saudis and Russians
Will dance through the night
Even if Mexico
Continues the fight.
89 cent gas
Won’t last much longer.
For now let’s pour a gallon out
And chase it with lager.
4.8.20 – When I Get to Heaven
Yesterday,
A good man died.
He played guitar
And sang of Spite.
A goofy man
But somehow sly
Yesterday,
A good man died.
His raspy voice
Could come out shy.
He made us laugh
And sometimes sigh.
He’s travelin’ to
The Other Side
Of Town. Yesterday,
A good man died.
He took the wristwatch off his arm
And drank a cocktail. Though I
Just met him
I still cried
Because yesterday,
We lost John Prine.
4.7.20 – Election Day is Finally Here!
Election day is finally here!
A day in which to live in fear
For your life or for the vote you cast
You have to choose, you cannot pass.
The Badger State will vote today
As the lonely state that didn’t sway
In its conviction to put lives at risk
As Republicans quickly dismissed
Any chance at vote postponement
Just so Dan Kelly can win appointment
To a court of justices that rejected plea
From Evers for democracy.
Election day is finally here!
Two months too soon with too much fear.
4.6.20 – Corporations Being Human
Factory floors are dusted with fog
Of the 30,000 workers’ ghosts
That haunt assembly lines.
Boeing lays off a substantial fraction
Of its production.
United squeezes New York
Amid its hemorrhage
Further forcing swelling
In the inflamed heart of finance.
Markets responded
By swelling as well.
Companies doing their part.
4.5.20 – News Haiku
All news is COVID-
19 related today.
Same for the next months.
This Is Just to Say 