Isolation Nuts
Hey, lets go down to Georgia now it’s open. We can catch a film and have a meal. So what if we’ll be sitting in a thicket of the sick. It really doesn’t seem that … Read more
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Halftime Pep Talk
An invisible enemy crawls right through and over walls. There is no way that it can be detected. It smears its sickly path down former hallowed halls. And no one’s found a way to be protected. … Read more
Another Part Starts
testing, testing… part TWO… I’m on joe + and flying low this morning every button pushed another warning and seeing guys with rifles crying ’cause they can’t go out performing it all seems like screams … Read more
Lockdown Blues
The Boogaloo Boys are ready to go, called to arms by their great orange chief. The coming reopening, bloody but brief, will certainly be a shit show. Reopen our states, the prisoners scream. Pandemic’s a … Read more
DC Marvels
Batman should have stopped this thing. I’m sure he heard the rumors. He could have put on his bat ring. I’ve heard that cured some tumors. And Superman, those x-ray eyes, did they not see … Read more
Stimulus Check
I need to check my stimuli. Nothing I’ve seen caught my eye, His daily brief will get me seething, elevate my measured breathing. How he rolls their questions under, facts and logic hacks asunder. Cup … Read more
Play It Again, Sham
New York rats are now eating each other. “Just the way I planned it,” claims the Prez. Jared’s going to film it for a special. It’ll be on pay-per-view, he says. They’ll find every way … Read more
Wring Master
He loves to preside. As for those who’ve died: just leave them outside. The tent is his show. There won’t be no ponies, but a lot of phonies, and all his tight cronies, the swamp … Read more
What Have You Got To Lose?
NyQuil and Pop Rocks, prescribed by some docs. Stomach explosion. Virus erosion. Soaking in a nice hot tub, filled to top with VapoRub, could relieve some chest congestion. Some have called this into question. Eyedrops … Read more
Secret Shake
We sold our masks at markup way before this thing began. And then we started companies to make them back again. And now we’re selling cure-all pills and stories without oranges, all backed up by … Read more
Compound History
Consider all the family’s been through. They’ve died in cars, in planes and now canoe. Some call the family Kennedy unlucky as a clan can be. Joe Junior went to war, his plane went down. … Read more
Knightly Update
I’m not a worrier, but he gets slurrier each and every time he speaks. I have suspicion a tiny furrier lives inside the hollow ‘tween his septum and his cheeks. The way he stands has … Read more
Nay and Verily
Who elected Jared Kushner prince ? It’s enough to make a fellow wince. Who is he to spurt his t.v. garbage with a pout? Tell us that he knows what COVID-19’s all about. Ventilators are for … Read more
Lone Ranger Guilt
Lone Ranger wore a black face mask and had a native slave. He had a horse named Silver and he never missed a shave. But Clayton Moore was quite a bore and wore masks after … Read more
No Sunshine
Almost a million jobs are gone. I think it’s time to mow the lawn. And where is my stimulus check? I stayed inside, so what the heck? I haven’t seen my friends in weeks. Wind … Read more
Bill of Wrongs
Barr is seeking power now to throw us all in jail. No trial, no charge, no length of stay and forget about bail. He’ll play the card when times are hard we must get tough … Read more
Word to the Wise Guys
It’s not cool this April fool to play tricks on outsiders. Forget the jokes, it’s not a hoax, be good to care providers. Help out with social distancing, perhaps wear scarves or masks. And try … Read more
Emperor’s Nu Close
Death toll now tops nine-eleven. Settin’ up spare cots in heaven. Good thing Trump kept numbers down. He should wear a golden crown. Maybe a red cape velour, on each arm a gorgeous whore. On … Read more
Another Thirty Days
Trump’s Easter ‘aspiration’ caused lots of consternation. Now ‘good things’ should be happening by June. We’ll see ‘the bottom of the hill,” for real or by the force of will. A hundred thousand will have died … Read more
Indiscretion Alley
“Sarkafo” Gus was not a social distancing believer. He’d prowl the street quite indiscreet, a ciggie butt retriever. He’d kiss a baby, kiss a dog, if any were around. He’d pick up pennies, anything that’s shiny, off … Read more