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Political poems / Born from some artistic drive / Or just plain boredom

The Day in 5 Road Signs

Franken wins
in Minnesota
Now Norm’s lawsuits
form the coda
Burma-Shave

10 December: The Day in 17 Syllables

Jesse Jackson is
The new lead guitarist for
The “Candidate Five”
Topical haiku
Is getting a little old
Japanese art sucks

Bailing Aerion out…

I heard of this governor Rod
Who today was indicted for fraud
Fitz planted a bug
Inside of his rug
While the blogosphere loudly guffawed

08 December: The Day in 17 Syllables

Tribune is bankrupt
Bail out Main Street media?
Sorry… lousy pun.

07 December: The Day in 17 Syllables

Mary Jo Kilroy!
Franklin County Ohio
Sucks at counting votes
David Gregory
Hardly the new Tim Russert
… Poor whiteboard technique
Senator Specter
Won’t need to buy new earplugs
Chris Matthews is out

06 December: The Day in 17 Syllables

Cao beats “Dollar Bill”
Wait, or was it Shinseki?
Not sure; all look same

Today’s Thoughts, Haiku Form

Schizo stock market
Half a million jobs were lost
But you just don’t care
Barack Obama
His name has five syllables
Very convenient
C. Saxby Chambliss
Has a crazy fucking name
And groped his grand child