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We’re From The Government And We’re Here To Help

There once was a system that worked

Which made administrative ears be perked

So they followed the scoop

And in they did swoop

And the system’s officially gurked.

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Equity

There once was an academic class

That everyone would always pass,

So students did no work

And got A’s as a perk

And that’s why the job market’s ass.

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Never Doomscroll On A Lazy Sunday Morning

One day when I was falling asleep

I watched a video of some guys

Pressing a button to time themselves

Without using their eyes

And now my entire video feed

Is infested with “buzzing pros”

And YouTube disabled any way

Of never again seeing those…

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When You Try REAALLY Hard To Make The Punchline Work

Superman came flying down

And handed me an Out.

He said, “I’ll be back before tomorrow”

But I had considerable doubt,

So I struck Superman with my knee

And I’m feeling perfectly right;

I kneed a hero

I’m holding Out for a hero ’til the end of the night.

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UK, Past and Future

Back in 1776

The British government

Oppressed its people oh so much

That they off seceding they went.

Now 250 years later

The British somehow find

New things to ban or punish,

Now including the human mind.

In another century or so

When Mars has human dwellers

We’ll see the Union Jack flying

And many space-suitless dwellers

Because the British government

Will long since have outlawed breathing

But the beating hearts and smiles

Will leave the Martian rulers seething.

Then millions of miles away in space

The British will finally see

That the time has come to pull the plug

And finally outlaw tea.

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Modern Mathematical Concepts

We used to joke about word problems

Like “If Joe has 16 melons

“And he puts them in a room with radius pi

“What demographic becomes felons?”

Now we have word problems

Like “You have a one-dollar bill.

“How many dollars do you have

“If you do nothing and stand still?”

Despite the simplification

Of out mathematical riddles

We have fewer correct answers

And more restless thumb twiddles.

(In case you’re feeling curious

The answers are “transeuntes”

And, thanks to hyperinflation,

Somewhere around sixty-eight cents)

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The Best Possible Outcome

So we’re down three to one

With half an hour to play.

Let’s kick the ball to each other

And do nothing, okay?

Wait, you think we should try

To score after all?

With that attitude

Just give Belgium the ball!

Oh wait, you complied

And the score’s four to one?

Well done team! Now America

Can watch sports that are fun!

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The New Tide Pod Challenge

Rolling office chair

Can reach 50 MPH

If you try enough.

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Gettin’ Frisky

Welcome to airport security

Where we protect your flight

From older moms with manicure kits

And from folks who are being too white.

Our job is to look through your undies

To find the board game that you packed

Because some guy before you were born

Didn’t get good intel on Iraq.

We’ll never be happy to see you

And we’ll make sure you feel the same way.

Now go to your flight that was cancelled

And let us get on with our day.

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A Little Wrench In The Plan

Sometimes your mind ignites

And you put together the pieces,

Assembling a master plan

Or assembling an ingenious thesis.

Other times your mind fixates

On a rather more simple idea.

One of these is called an epiphany;

The other is called an Ikea.

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