by Rick Young | Feb 2, 2020 | Poem
Football is a game which can prompt some heated discussions,
some about statistics, some about concussions.
People’d rather see these very pumped up gladiators
doing their tough mayhem dance, quite unlike fey ice skaters.
When they score, they celebrate as if they’ve saved the world,
all because a pigskin ball was caught when it was hurled.
Wearing so much armor you can barely see their faces,
yet it’s a safe bet some will lie broken in some places.
During half time bands with tubas march around the field.
Then the battered bruisers come back out to see who’ll yield.
When at last the time runs out and one’s declared the winner,
they go to the locker room and eat pain pills for dinner.
All in all, it’s not a game that one should teach a child.
Don’t spend your summers working out, go find the girls gone wild.
by Rick Young | Feb 1, 2020 | Poem
Just redecorated the republic.
It was getting old and rather frayed.
Threw out lots of useless junk in Constitution drawers.
Made sure rules that help the elite stayed.
All that rusted bull crap about lying under oath,
sent it off with 1-800-JUNK.
Bribery and cheating in elections, o.k. both.
President is not some kind of monk.
Opened up a closet where the drapes of wrath are stored.
Soon will hang them all around the house.
Made some sweet donations to those senators adored.
Not one cent to one Dem dirty louse.
Plan now to repaper all our lovely border walls
with a motif that says “Go Away!”
Making fun of Chuck and Nancy in the White House halls
will add fun and spirit to each day.
In the new D.C. feng shui, health care will be adjusted.
The sick and poor can join up as a team.
Maybe then first aid can be delivered to the busted.
But, of course, that’s just a loser’s dream.
The Statue of Liberty will move to Mar a Lago,
and be used to fight off hurricanes.
Largest prison ever will encompass all Chicago,
to house outlaws with left-leaning brains.
And to those who speculate Putin will take Alaska,
that is all fake news. It isn’t real.
If he gets it, it will be a gift to the great master.
Might throw in Hawaii on the deal.
