Catching ZZZ's

Imagine we’re a corporate firm
That needs to sell its stock or bond,
Though for the current fiscal term
We’ve got no budget, and beyond,
Directors don’t agree at all,
As eavesdropped on a conference call.

Some Card, That Trump!

Mitt Romney holds a slender lead
Among Republicans who seek
Their party’s choice to supersede
Obama next year. Note this week
In second place Mike Huckabee,
Tied with The Donald, prez would-be.

Damn That Faust!

Police in Portland, Oregon,
To move along suspicious types,
Successfully have hit upon
A ruse that has thugs yelling yipes
When ears attuned to rap or rock
Hear amplifiers blaring Bach.

An Extravagant Proposal

The government might close this week
If congressmen can’t pass a bill
With cuts House GOPers seek
In funding for the old and ill—
Their Medicare and Medicaid
And SS, into which they’ve paid.

What in the Name of God

A monster such as Terry Jones,
The Koran-burning psychopath,
A conscientious world bemoans
For bringing on a blood-filled bath
When vengeful Afghan Muslims struck
A U.N. site and ran amok.

Click All About It!

We owe Herr Gutenberg the grounds
Why newspapers are called The Press,
Though more and more the term confounds
The young for whom newsworthiness
Is sometimes zilch unless it’s seen
In vids upon some sort of screen.