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4.20.20 – A Dark Day in the Land of Nice
I woke up today
Expecting great.
A holiday to many
And justice by Land O’Lakes.
But during pandemic,
When the whole world’s sick,
A sicker man
Sealed his fate
As a terrorist.
At a time when humans
Fear microscopic pests
They shouldn’t need to consider
Wearing bulletproof vests.
Give no glory to the gunman’s name.
Let him sink into the abyss of history.
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!”
4.9.20 – Bye, Bye Bernie
(To be sung in the tune of Bye, Bye Birdie)
Bye, bye, Bernie
We’re gonna miss you till the end!
Bye, bye, Bernie
Why’d ya have to go suspend?
No more healthcare,
It’s followed you away.
I’ll die, Bernie,
Till we replace Medicaid
I’ll miss the way you rant
About the 1%.
We’re left with Biden
To run for president.
Bye, bye, Bernie,
You were the antidote!
Bye, bye, Bernie.
Guess I’ve wasted my vote
Guess I’ve wasted my vo-o-o-o-ote
Guess I’ve wasted my vote!
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.
4.4.20 – Masks
The CDC recommends
That we all wear masks
To protect us from foreign invaders
Invading our lungs
And our minds.
The fire between
Science and Trump
Is further stoked.
These masks
Have been worn
For weeks.
But I’ve been wearing masks my whole life*
*Cue teenage angst
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