Lime Rick

Limed and loaded, rhymed and ready

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Work at fifty

Well, it's not a limerick, and it's not humorous, and it's not about politics -- but it is what it is:

I lie in bed. The house shakes just a bit;
A logging truck speeds north to Canada.
A load of spruce goes forth. When it’s sawn true,
In time, as two-by-fours, it will return.
Just down the road, a grader sucks a tit
Of land and wears it down. A penumbra
Of roads and houses soon will dot the view
And take a lengthy chance with nature’s stern
Embrace. The race to leave a cellar hole
Is one my eighteen-fifty house will win.
Despite my level best to skirt the rules,
The plumb will always skew, just like my goal
To leave a measured mark – to say I’ve been.
I rise; I put on clothes; I find my tools.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

GWB and KJ-I, BFF

That Kim Jong-Il is a mother!
His nuclear urge we must smother;
Let’s forget the damn hawks,
And have bilateral talks,
From one Dear Leader to another.

Leaders lead, others form circle and point

Mr. Hastert appears to be furious
‘Cause the page scandal is so injurious.
Mr. Speaker, here’s the lesson:
When a thing needs addressin’,
It’s best not to be too incurious.

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

You've got a fiend in Pennsylvania

A straw candidate! That won’t be mean;
So Repubs funded Romanelli’s scheme.
But the courts struck it down,
And Santorum’s gonna drown.
...Hey, it’s not easy being Green.

Monday, October 02, 2006

Small Favors

The IMs have now been released.
It's clear that Mark Foley's a beast.
Still, I'm controlling my rage;
He's a jerk to a Page,
But at least the man isn't a priest.