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Complaining about the government is an art form as old as cave painting. But these limericks about politics in America take a fresh, new approach to this ancient pastime.
There seem to be a lot of Bad Hombres running the country lately. It’s a wonder anyone who’s ever read the first couple pages of the Constitution can even sleep at night. Luckily, you don’t need a degree in jurisprudence to enjoy the following limericks.
Political Limericks
Plato’s News Network
Examine the cavern for what you can use
Between shadows and light, the viewer must choose
But the shadow depicts
Illusions and tricks
An early example of truly fake news
Dereliction of Duty
There once was a leader I’d rather not name
At one time the host of a televised game
He went pretty far
Without passing the Bar
But nothing could stop him from passing the blame
Stand with Kneel
White man at Wal·Mart he pulls out a gun
Shooting at shoppers and kills twenty-one
A few disagree
Then black man takes a knee
And the nation cries out — this crime can’t go on!
Executive Action, part I
I’ve seen the personas approaching the podium
Nervous and peakish and needing more sodium
Greatness was promised
In words less than honest
A buzz from the hive of vociferous odium
Executive Action, part II
A rising apprentice — who knows where his talent is?
Works in the dark between whispers and silences
Call the key witness
It’s mafia business
The boss has no concept of checks or of balances
Got You by the Rump
Show me a clown who can grunt like a monkey
Unthinkably greedy and verbally clunky
Then gather some predators
Self serving Senators
Put them in charge of the whole freakin country
Personality Disorder
There’s a case of severe megalomania
The scourge of elite academia
His pledge to be great
Spawned widespread debate
But who’s gonna clean up this Mesopotamia?
Casus Belli
Hostile conditions and petulant forces
Fortunes for kingdoms and kingdoms for horses
But don’t blame the pulpit
I’ll show you the culprit
The maldistribution of vital resources
More political pillory through poetry
Political criticism is such an electrifying undertaking, it’s hard to stop after just a handful of outspoken limericks. Back in the days of Monica Lewinsky, I was studying Political Philosophy at UCLA, examining subjects like Plato’s Republic, the French Revolution and the role of interest groups in American democracy.
So when I start looking for cracks in the system, I can really lose myself in the proverbial rabbit hole. I suppose that’s how I came to write “Parabellum in Pajamas”, which I dedicate to El Commando in Chief.
Parabellum in Pajamas
The anthropomorphic mega-dwarf arrives upon the scene
Saddled by satchels of aspersions and unwholesome ambition
Unencumbered by pious aspirations
He locks himself in the gilded tower
Defenestrating the occasional hors d’oeuvre
To the clamoring minions below
Erstwhile the vulture drops by for a tea
And the committee for the dissatisfaction of girl scouts
Drops its standards beneath the threshold of the Argonauts
As the senator drops his trousers on the veranda
Quietly concealed by the sprawling oleander
All hope submerges and
Visions of reconciliation vanish into the marginalia
Only the overblown victim with the headache of Minerva
Wields the slightest shadow of a prospect for upheaval
Foucaultian dynamics rendered meaningless by default
And the power hangs sideways in the balance
Bonus limerick about face masks
This one came to me just the other night.
Face Masks
With the country wrapped up in a mask debate
Forty-five is proposing a task so great
Until the election
And for your protection
We’d all better stay home and masturbate
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