The Flaming Blog
YOU'VE TRUMPED THAT NOW
Remember that time you didn’t think it through,
And thought THIS would be a smart thing to do:
Buying sushi where you buy gas,
A mini-mart deal you couldn’t let pass.
Only four bucks if you fill-up your car.
Four-thousand more for the trip to ER,
That was a bonehead move, but wow …
You’ve Trumped that now.
Speaking of leaving your brains behind,
Another incidence comes to mind:
Cleaning-up spilled cayenne with a vacuum.
Airborne pepper-dust gasses the snack room.
Dining co-workers stampede away
And give you the stink-eye the rest of the day.
Truly a bonehead move, but wow …
You’ve Trumped that now.
Not like your vote in that fateful November,
Still, nincompoopery to remember:
Showing groundhogs you don’t play games!
Gasoline. Matches. Their tunnels in flames!
They never caused you any more trouble
Once your home was a smoking pile of rubble.
That was a bonehead move, but wow …
You’ve Trumped that now.
Hate how government veterans run it
So try someone who’s NEVER done it?!
Not how you’d chose a doctor or plumber.
Surely not a President! That’s even dumber!
Voting for Trump or even sitting on the sideline
Saved your seat on history’s timeline.
But, to make your crow more edible:
You'll never do something more regrettable!
To be blunt, I’m begging you:
Please care what is false or true.
Use what guts you can muster, chump,
To save us from this ClusterTrump!
Connie D. Akers poobah@fbodd.com
5 x 5
These are 5 lines of 5 words verses submited to the Washington Post's Style Invitational.
The swamp hasn’t been drained.
They just sucked-off the liquid,
Revealing where the gators, snakes,
Leeches, sharks and squid hid
Back when that was necessary.
Whether unqualified, hard to train,
Not family members, simply insane,
Under indictment, or merely complainers,
Daily, more of Trump’s “swamp-drainers”
Now are swamping the drain.
How surprised was I to hear Bill Maher's punchline to his opening monologue in August be my losing joke from April!
The Washington Redskins name’s offensive,
Rude, repugnant and rancor-intensive,
Reminding us of something disgraceful.
Pick a moniker less distasteful.
Call them The “Mid-Atlantic” Redskins!
This entry received honorable mention and was printed in the Washington Post in April, 2018.