The difference between terrorists 

who hate our government 

and want to shut it down 

and the ‘obstructionist crew’

who hate our government 

and threaten to shut it down 

is, um,  beyond me,

*

Our head cheerleader
likes to speech us to death
while the players play
and ignore his every word.

*

Shutdown Tactic

Put a big booger on a cookie
then give it to a kid
and if he refuses to eat it
tell everyone the kid hates cookies.

*

The USCA
(United States of Corporate America) 

Nickel and dime us to death.  

It’s what our passivity demands. 

One nation under corporate rule 

and the profit for which it stands.

Forget all previous pledges, 

the world is quite different now.

Watch what you do and say 

and don't question why or how.

Just pay the bill and move on. 

It’s all thy master expects.

Debit is the preferable method

but it will accept checks.


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On judgment day
the lord from his mighty throne will ask,
‘did you give your profit loss statement to Peter
on your way in?’ and if you did
he will direct you to your just deserves.

But if you didn’t and say something like
‘I thought money wasn’t the most important thing in life’
he will laugh and ask,
‘do you still have teeth to gnash?'

Good Bad Guys

In their shoes, 

from their point of view 

they are right 

and fight the good fight.

Absurd as it seems

their irrationality 

is quite rational to them 

who flip us off.

* 

Problem is 

their numbers will grow 

and that's something

beyond anyone’s control.

So, stand your ground 

and mow them all down 

and thank your lucky stars 

you live in America.

Dog Days

I cringe, shrug and turn away, no way 

am I going to watch that display 

of stupidity anymore, such a bore, all the gore 

shoved down our viewing throats.

Switch the channel to the news, the blues 

like inky shadows prevail, oh hell 

just turn the damn thing off.  

Take a walk to the mini mall where all 

seek shelter from the heat and eat 

tasty morsels of processed crap they lap 

up like hungry dogs.