Modern Antiquity

It’s quaint that Francis 1 has cooked
His meals and taken trains to work.
But what I fear he’s overlooked,
A new pope can no longer shirk
Within his clergy, sins immense:
Abuse brought on by abstinence.

More than Skin Deep

In Washington, the Redskins’ name
Has properly come under fire.
Unreasonably put to shame,
Minorities detect their ire
When others make them feel chagrin
For just the color of their skin.

When to Ask Questions Later

The stealthy use of U.S. drones
To execute Americans
Abroad who menace us brings groans
From civil libertarians
Back home who say don’t hence take lives.
Abuse without due process thrives.

When Jenny Goes Marching Off

If women want a combat role,
They ought to have the very chance
That men do, letting both control
How fast and far careers advance.

Electoral Kindergarten

I love it. Having failed to win
With shorter early-polling hours
Or picture ID cards akin
To paring Blue States’ voting powers,
In some their GOP now floats
A  ploy for counting national votes.

The Ties that Free

He could have shown more eloquence
By clinging to the ritual
Of splendid thoughts but at expense
Of grist in an Inaugural.
He found instead more plans to pump
As though back on the campaign stump.