Nobody 875

Sunday, July 11, 2011

Nobody # 875

Nobody Asked Me But:

“A poem is never finished, only abandoned.” – Paul Vakery

THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS (A commentary in rhyme on news of the past week.)

So much for the race to gain outer space

So much for the dreams and the glory

Put ambition aside

And, along with it, pride

This is Shuttle’s last voyage, end of story

The jury said no, but it’s hard to let go

Their reasons I just cannot see

But twelve good and true

Have spoken to you

And to me, so the woman goes free

How can she be free after killing Caylee

‘though she claims it an accident

She said I was sad

But she seemed pretty glad

As out on the town she went

For this Casey crime, I’d give her hard time

I’d convict though rarely a hater

I’d throw way the key

She’d never go free

For the way that she partied days later

There is nothing so bad, that makes me so mad

A child-killing parent is just grating

But second in low

Is the media show

Using this horror to kick up their rating

Let’s put Fortune to test for their 100 best

This part of their list is obscene

It’s not willy-nilly

But more like plain silly

To rank Bill of Rights 17

I know they rank high what’s a pleasure to buy

But some things are worth more than just bucks

But freedoms must blind them

Why else would we find them

Ranked five spots below the Ford trucks

Clarence Thomas you’ll find, crossed his fingers behind

He would bring no agenda to court

Now he fights the good fight

Because the Right’s always right

And never once will their cause he abor

t

(Time out for a picture of my daughter and granddaughter at Ruby's Friday.)

The Constitution won’t vary, to believe that is scary

As are those who think of change as doom

To hear that gaff

Would make the Founding Fathers laugh

Or moan and turn over in their tomb

It’s just ten percent, ‘cause we must pay the rent

Said the U 0f C Board of Trustees

If your intuition

Rejects more tuition

We’ll just rename the raise higher fees

The President is shot, no he is not

Blame this Tweet on a Fox News hijacker

And if you’re in doubt

What the guy’s all about

This hacker is far off his wacker

Bachmann keeps preaching, Evangelicals seeking

She thinks that her future is there

But if she links her fight

To the religious far right

Of winning she hasn’t a prayer

To the law take a hike, he’s riding his bike

With no helmet to protect his head

“I’ve got to be me

I’ve got to be free”

And now he is free to be dead

The right has a plan, Rick Perry’s their man

They’ll let all the others lose steam

When they’re in the goop

In Perry will swoop

And fulfill this nefarious scheme

Down with the Queen, we don’t mind being mean

It’s time that this system aborts

Let’s end their free ride

Sweep them out with the tide

Their crowned heads leave us out of sorts

This may be perverse, as bad as my verse

But somehow the concept seems nifty

So take a quick glance

Here is your big chance

To check out sweet Barbie at 50

No, it’s not neat, that in school children cheat

It’s wrong but it happens at times

But when school adults

Skew the results

It’s among the most heinous of crimes

And speaking of school, it’s so very not cool

To cut funding way down to a crumb

It’s so very unkind

But it seems we don’t mind

If our young ones turn out to be dumb

Said Clinton, don’t blink do not let them think

That they have your back to the wall

You’re not the lesser

So be the aggressor

Let those GOP guys take the fall

Just common sense, is McConnell dense

So call him pandering Mitch

He’s a man for all seasons

With billions of reasons

to favor the rich and the --- rich

They’re stuck in last place, out of the race

But some Dodger knows where the loss is

Between innings last night

The big screen had it right

Showed a trailer for Horrible Bosses

Graduate: Let’s have a Cinco de Mayo party.

Drop out: Sounds like fun. What day shall we have it?<<<

Someone in the LA Times weather section has a sense of humor – (or is ditzy.) In last Tuesday’s 5-day forecast, their one-word prediction for the weather change from Wednesday to Thursday was “colder.” This was to explain a temperature drop from 97 to 89.<<<

I wrote this 400 Nobodies ago, November 11, 2002: Next week’s Nobody will be late because I will be in a Tucson movie theater watching “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” with my grandchildren. So be ready

Ryan, Alec and Emily. I’m buying the popcorn.

It will be the same with next Sunday’s Nobody – late because I will be in Tucson with Ryan and Emily (and perhaps Alec) watching the last Harry Potter.

Hope you all had a beach chair Fourth.