by Clyde Always “‘QAnon Shaman’ Jacob Chansley sentenced to 41 months in prison for role in US Capitol riot … [In court] Chansley… described wanting to live his life like Jesus Christ and Gandhi.” —CNN How fearsome you looked in your horns & your fur & your mug all encrusted in paint… So, maybe a […]
by Clyde Always Some cook’s been shaken to the core— a dozen wings he fried went on to be the motive for attempted patricide!
by Clyde Always “Wife shocked to learn husband’s cadaver dissected at pay-per-view event” —Global News Cadaver donors please beware! I warn with gravest candor: you may be cleaved beyond repair for half-a-grand a gander.
by Clyde Always “A federal court order has determined that the offspring of hippos once owned by drug kingpin Pablo Escabar can be deemed ‘interested persons’ with legal rights in the United States.” —The Hill Though El Patrón we may decry, he’s indirectly done some good allowing for the personhood of bloats of hippopotami.
by Clyde Always According to Governor Abbott Joe Biden is being unjust and only a bully, dagnabbit, would mandate what businesses must. And so, like a little kid dueling, Ole Greg, in a bit of a rant… has issued a similar ruling to mandate what businesses can’t.
by Clyde Always If carbon emissions can make you upset, your quarrel’s with anyone breathing… Miss Thunberg’s new tirade (her quippiest yet), left many a world leader seething. To chide them, she found (as the teenagers do) repetitive syllables fitting. Did Greta not realize how much CO² she blah blah blah blah was emitting?
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BACK | CONTENTS | NEXT Wardrobe Change (To the tune of “On Top Of Old Smokey“) On top of Mt. Washmore,Mid stockings and sleevesI mixed up my laundryWith some bags of dead leaves.I left those bags curbsideOn that fateful day,And watched till a truck cameAnd took them away. I looked in my closet,I searched on […]
BACK | CONTENTS | NEXT Lewis Carroll addresses the shade of Mr. W.S. “You are old—nay, deceased!—Mr. William,” he said,“And four hundred winters have passed,Yet although you’re long dead, you are still widely read—Do you think such distinction can last?” “In my youth,” said the Bard, “I would tipple and lust,Giving never a thought to […]
by Clyde Always “San Francisco’s mayor blasted for dancing maskless at a crowded club. She called her critics the ‘fun police.’” —The Washington Post Six weeks ago, Miss Breed decreed that those in indoor spaces must show their papers at the door and muzzle-up their faces. But after letting droplets fly at Tony! Toni! Toné! […]
by Clyde Always The latest lab-leak theorist has recently come out; of COVID’s hazy origins he spoke with little doubt. So who’s this raving, right-wing loon who mispronounced “Wuhan”— Shapiro, Jones or Carlson? Nope: Stewart <comma> Jon.
by Clyde Always “Minnesota bank hostage standoff ends with arrest, no injuries” —NBC A Wells within L’etoile du Nord has caused a huge sensation; great crowds all gaped in shock to watch a hostage situation. Now at its end, the robber’s caught— not much of him do we know— the only thing that’s certain is […]
Poems of the Week Winter-Spring 2024 Brian Allgar, Wael Almahdi, Bruce Bennett, Jerome Betts, Jane Blanchard, Dan Campion, D.A. Cooper, Barbara Lydecker Crane, Pat D’Amico, Philip Dunkerley, John Tabb DuVal, László Feleki, Kelly Scott Franklin, David Galef, Nicole Caruso Garcia, Claudia Gary, Stephen Gold, Julia Griffin, Max Gutmann, Anthony Harrington, David Hedges, Robin Helweg-Larsen, Bryan […]
BACK | CONTENTS | NEXT Verse by Anthony Harrington, Julie Kane, X.J. Kennedy, Bob McKenty, Mary McLean, Susan McLean, Mae Scanlan, Gene Weingarten, and Gail White. From Bad to Verse by Bob McKenty The Little Willie is a light-verse form in which a youngster (typically “Little Willie”) is the protagonist or victim of some unfortunate tragedy, malicious mischief, or […]