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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

...And Another Thing...: Greenland Screams

It's not easy bein' Greenland:
ev'ry nation wants a piece --
there's the USA, the UK, China, Russia...
even Greece.
   Yet it's freezey bein' Greenland,
under Greenland's snow 'n' ice. 
When our temp's below thirteen or so, 
it isn't all that nice.
   It's not easy bein' Greenland,
so strategically hot,
Drumpft insists we host his missiles.
(Don't dare tell him Greenland's not:
   Mr. D'll be seizein' Greenland 
as a 52nd state.*
"I'll tote ev'ry vote in Nuuk**
when I run in '28.") 
 
     *Having earlier annexed Canada as a 51st.
     **Pronounced in two syllables: Noo-wook.

What A's Still Not For: A Revised Reissue Of An Early Illuminated Alphabet

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