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.