Tag Archives: Cynical

I Can Call Him Black, But If He Says It Back That Misogy-tea

I’m a little teapot, short and stout.

I’m looking for a kettle six-foot or thereabout

Who makes a hefty salary, and when I shout

He wins me over and takes me out.

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Feminism Did That

So babe, I heard you want a ring.

You need to know there’s just one thing…

You already have one in your nose

And that’s why thus your love life goes.

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Ode To An English Major

In a dreary campus sat

Poor I, a poet, much perturbed

For I was realizing that

My odds of passing were disturbed.

Th’examination that I took

Was one on poetry, so I

Did not much study from my book

But sat the test, my brain still dry.

Yes, I could name poetic styles

Sonnet, Sestina, Villanelle.

I blacked out bubbles, full of smiles,

‘Til did important topics knell.

I can distinguish couplet forms

Iamb, Trochee, and Anapest.

Easily I fought these questions swarmed

But failed at what mattered best:

A final question on the page

The exam’s author failed to anoint

And my lack of answer caused me rage.

The question: “What’s the fucking point?”

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Modern Literature

Irritating, aggravating,

Enervating, asinine,

Childish, boorish, makes-me-snore-ish,

Meaningless but mostly fine,

Stupid, senseless, mauve, relentless,

Bleaker than “Old Yeller”,

And somehow amidst these reviews

A New York Times Bestseller…

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Ready To Change The World?

If you’re thinking of a career change

One job has quite low stress:

Suicide bombers will always retire

Right after their greatest success.

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Animals Come In All Forms

“It’s my emotional support animal”, I said

But she just continued to glare.

She must prefer her support fluffy

But I like mine medium-rare.

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New Game?

We’ve reached the point in Monopoly

Where all the property’s gone

And one rich guy is making

Everybody else a pawn

So why are we surprised

When the thimbles of the world

Decide it’s time the tables flipped

And wads of cash get hurled?

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Last Season’s Alcohol: Corona… This Season’s Alcohol: Fireball

To all of you who laughed at me

When I said “Dragons are real”

I present you: California.

Now how do you feel?

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I’m Doing My Part

With the recent rise of terrorism

And assassination attempts, please

Remember it was Robert Selander (Mastercard CEO)

Who invented “Convenience Fees”.

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Ode To Brian Thompson

There was an insurance exec

Who got shot in the street. What the heck?

But instead of mass fear

Folks just let out a cheer,

Now relieved of one pain in the neck.

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