The Ulyad

Sing to me, O Muse, 
but not of Wand'ring Jews,
nor Ulysses, late of Troy,
nor Anchises and his boy. 

Sing of one instead 

who never leaves his bed 
and yet contrives to find 
whole cosmoi -- in his mind. 

A LA-Z-BOY Madgellan 

(please overlook my spellin'),

this poetaster Poe 

is maestro of bon mots. 

Instead of "wine-dark seas," 

he writes of "bathtub gins." 

No "rosy-finger'd dawns." 

Just "one more day begins." 

Ìf "Arma virumque" appears, 

make sure he's just mocking his peers.

     more to come

Breaking Point...?

You'd think our military'd
say, "you're done"
to oafs who order bombs dropp'd
"just for fun." 

     Who once revered the brave of 

Valley Forge 

now cringe before the madness 

of King Gorge. 

Howard Zinn Wants To Know

"Make America Great Again," 

says Don. 

He then repeats it -- on and on...

and on. 

He claims he'll make America great 

once more. 

But when exactly was it great 

before...? 

     When it 

55 million First Peoples 

destroy'd...? 

When free 

labor of millions of slaves it enjoy'd...? 

When of 

for-profit prisons it master'd 

the art...? 

When in 

war profiteering it gayly 

took part...?

     (more to come)

The V.A.P. (The Very Agéd Parent)

Indeed, I am the V.A.P. 
I recently turn'd 83.
In hearing class, I scor'd an F. 
Without this pair of aids I'm deaf. 
   Oh, I'm the Agéd P, for sure. 
For ills I've got they've found no cure. 
Although, as optimists have said, 
most Agéds at my age are dead. 

   So: Agéd-wise, what lies in store...? 

Shall I survive till 84...? 

I'll mind my Agéd Ps 'n' Qs 

and pay -- on time! -- my Agéd dues.

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Sprat Couples

     Verses to come 
Atalanta and Samantha Sprat
Maranatha and Mahatma Sprat
Jehosephat and Cadmus Sprat 
Cathy, Matt and Patty Sprat

More Sprats

Drat them Sprats! 
Take that, you Sprats!

The groom's call'd 

Mar-a-lago Fats. 

His bride's too slim -- 

so-o-o-o unlike him. 

The pair pull nonstop 

flam and flim. 

Both them Sprats 

love autocrats. 

Both them Sprats 

loathe democrats. 

To prove it, 

she sports golden spats,

while he dons 

nauseating hats. 

His kids...? Their mates, 

though callow brats, 

he feels will 

"make great diplomats." 

And when they're wrestled 

to the mats 

and wind up flattened 

on their prats, 

they'll claim their counterparts 

were "bats,"

then yelp for help

from plutocrats.