Search This Blog

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.

Of Pontiffs and Potables

Each verse in the  poem  below selects  from two to four  beverages, (pick'd  poisons), the  last- mentioned of which  is always crème d...