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Or, You Know, A Crippling Depression Once A Century Or So…

I don’t believe in giving the government

Unlimited power to spend

Because what if they give

Drum sets to all who live?

See how badly all this could end?

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Fine Print Matters

I signed up for a credit card

And I’m going to be rich.

See, the card has special privileges

That’s almost like a glitch:

Every time you spend with it

You get a hundred loyalty bucks

That you can trade for fancy stuff

Like jewelry or Chucks.

Update: It’s been seven months.

I have a billion bucks, and I

Am being tracked by debt collectors

And I need to cry.

It turns out that a billion bucks

Translates to about a dime

And there’s something called an “interest”

That grows a lot with time.

Update: Now my stuff is gone

And I live on the street

With somebody named “Pickle Jim”

And also “Fentanyl Pete.”

I guess the whole “free money” thing

Made me spend a bit too hard

But at least I could exchange my points

For a Visa prepaid card!

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In One Ear And Out The Same Ear

If I ever try to be president

I’ll be a republican household name

Because if the other sise doesn’t like me

They don’t know how to aim.

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Heaven Forbid!

I’m sensing some commonplace themes

That is fear of fascist regimes

Where government’s shrinking

And people start thinking

And grocery receipts don’t cause screams

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For Reference, The Question Was “Why Do You Need To Visit Congress”

There once was a venomous fly

That, with one touch, could make a man die.

It’s untraceable and yellow.

I’ll release it, dear fellow,

And that is my whole answer why.

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Murica

‘Twas the Fifth of July

And all through the room

People were sleepy

From lots of boom boom.

But we can take solace

As tinnitus lingers:

The worst of our neighbors

Now have but nine fingers.

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Still Better Than Status Quo

What if, instead of an election,

We had a Mr. Beast style event

Where we rented a hall full of obstacles

And made every potential president

Stay in the room with the challenge

To be the first one to tell us the truth.

I think that’s an alternate system

That would better engage with the youth.

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Debate Limerick, 2024

There once was a were roses were blue

Or they were red, but they can be that too

And they went oh gone by the thing

And the… he’s a bad flower and I’m king

And we beat medicare and covid is a jew.

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Am I Sexy And Dangerous Now?

Roses are red.

Vegans are pale.

When they read my blog in 10 years

They’ll probably put me in jail.

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What Do You Mean We Have Weird Books In Our School Libraries?

Meet Vlad.

Vlad is sad.

Vlad thinks climate change is bad.

Vlad cannot cite sources? Woah!

But xe’s doing xir best though.

Vlad knows that to stop the pain

Of having marginally less rain

Because of heat that cow fart brings

Means having to do some painful things.

Vlad helps Earth by blocking cars

And hanging flyers up at bars.

Xe spray paints slogans over art

And lives out of a shopping cart.

Xe knows capitalism is bad.

And so is having a present dad.

Be like Vlad and we’ll show you lenience:

The climate depends on your inconvenience.

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