[Esther Murer]

Undecided voters say they won't be swayed
(headline in Philadelphia Inquirer)

We shall not be moved
to vote for candidates by nobody beloved.
We’re not about to leave our workplaces or our sofas
just to support some doofus
who feeds the electorate the same old crock
while munching from the nosebag of the brothers Koch.
Sure, the world is going to hell in a bicycle-, bushel- in-, out-, waste-, or green and yellow basket,
but trading one corrupt and spineless lackey for another won’t help anything, so don’t ask it.

[Nigel Mace]

Esther, the first really punchy post on this thread for some time. Great flourish at the end. Respect!

[Erik Olson]

Nothing but net? He's now nothing but air!
Champ Kobe pushes forty; but he's fair—
He beats around no bush, nor blames his luck,
Asked how he's played, reports—“I freaking suck.”


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...aign=editorial

[RCL]

A version is now on New Verse News

http://newversenews.blogspot.com/201...xt-debate.html

[RCL]

The Polls

Carson leaks a muted fart;
Trump’s is like a trumpet blast:
This duet is off the chart;
The lower ranks are rankly gassed.

[RCL]

Terrific!
Recent Time Magazine story

Oh, say can you see,
Trump’s University
A scam that has failed
And now is derailed.
The RICO predicates
Might beat his bets.

[Brian Allgar]

George W. Bush distanced himself from his father’s criticisms, calling Cheney and Rumsfeld assets to his administration.

Said Dubya, “Well, heck, I ain’t brainy;
I can’t tell a Kurd from Khameini.
But it’s easy to score,
Making money from war,
With advisers like Rumsfeld and Cheney.”

Ben Carson: “It is important to remember that amateurs built the Ark and it was the professionals that built the Titanic.”

Although it is true that old Noah,
An amateur builder, was slower
To finish his boat,
Yet the Ark stayed afloat -
The Designer could not have been pro-er.

National “Love Your Lawyer” Day

Sixty lawyers deep-sixed? Well, take heart;
The trial was state-of the-art.
“We find”, said the jury
With sorrow and fury,
“Too few, but at least it’s a start.”

Saxophone Day

The bimbo was learning the sax,
And her teacher had said “Just relax,
Purse your lips, and then blow”,
So she did it. “Like so?”
The lesson had gone off the tracks.

[Jerome Betts]

News Values

J. Corbyn's views? They’re for the birds!
Blah! Blah! What counts on page or screen
Is that he failed to mouth the words
When standing for God Save The Queen.

Now, in that grubby rag, The Sun,
The same game at the Cenotaph.
His bow this time, but too fine-spun−
Wow!−even for the Telegraph!

[RCL]

Is Ben Carson an Imposter?
Matt Bai, Yahoo News

Is Carson a signifyin’ trickster
a fraud whose fallacies trip off his tongue
while playin’ the dozens out among
the addled who can’t foresee disaster?

[RCL]

Head Lines

A ball bounced off my head when I was ten
and football helmets scrambled brains again
every fall for eight more playing years.
Some days, my words are tortured, rambling slurs,
but today I’m feeling proud as hell:
my brains are like a player’s in the NFL.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/...gt5?li=BBgzzfc