by Julia Griffin

For Jenny

“State Department enacts widespread layoffs, cutting 1,353 staff as part of reorganization”
—CBS

The State Department has this week been sawed,
A move we’re sure the nation will applaud:
The place is so suspicious
And besides, so repetitious,
And there’s nothing really going on abroad.

Unpatriotic bureaus are the worst!
You’ll see that Biden-bloated bubble burst;
When the joint’s all run by yes-men
With the empathy of chessmen,
That’s when you’ll know America Is First.