Joel's N-Goal

Black guys dunk against the Celtics,
Hit home runs against the Red Sox,
Now and then thwart extra-point kicks
When some Patriots neglect blocks
All of which annoys a Southie,
Recognized for being mouthy.

Cracks in China

Beijing’s one-China policy
Has gone kablooey from within.
The Politburo should foresee
Taiwan forever as a twin
And on the mainland, two regimes:
Its own and one where money teems.

Climate Stability?

I’m scared of what might be in store
When larger polar icebergs calve
From Greenland or Antarctic’s shore.
Much higher sea tides than we have?
(An added ice cube in my drink
Can raise it finally past the brink!)

He Rocked

We honor Martin Luther King,
A martyr to the nation’s cause
Of reinterpreting right thing
To mean more than the country’s laws,
Which sometimes ruled we couldn't wed
If offspring were to be crossbred.

For This We Pay Taxes?

In Washington, House hearings start
This week into the GSA,
The agency that, off the chart,
800 grand-plus threw away
In Vegas on some managers
Unconscious of parameters.

Did You Hear That, First Darling?

Twelve Secret Service agents sent
Beforehand to Colombia
To gear up for the president
Were brought home for a dumb idea:
Inviting back to their hotel
Some prostitutas straight from hell.

Mike Wallace 1918-2012

He came along at just the time
That TV news first challenged print.
From there his celebrated climb
To 60 Minutes’ boisterous stint
Where nearly forty years aligned
A newsman with a showman’s mind.

Shake it Up, Mitty, Twist and Turn

Mitt Romney hires forthright guys,
Not lackeys just to run and fetch.
The one demonstrably most wise
Said candidates will Etch a Sketch
Until their primary’s been won,
Then shake the box till all’s undone.

God Bless EVERYONE

It‘s fitting Easter/Passover

Should summon legends of rebirth,

As both the Testaments aver

That it and flight from Egypt’s earth

Saved Jews and Christians. Would both are

This year in Buddhist Myanmar.

PG-13? R? WTF?

The Hunger Games’ PG-13
Seems curious amid the fuss
About what’s fitting for a teen
Like Bully and the f-word cuss,
Which drew an R initially.
It’s now unrated; all should see.

Taking Credit

If by the millions credit cards
 Are hacked, as brought to light last week,
Aren’t reassurances canards
And havoc what the bandits wreak,
As though pickpockets clogged the streets
And filched our funds as if free eats?