A nonsensical ditty for The Mag
ILLUSTRATION BY HELEN WARD
THE MENU HAD BEEN DISCUSSED
WEEKS AND WEEKS BEFORE
THE TOAD WANTED RESTRAINT
THE BADGER WANTED MORE
THE MEAL WAS CHOSEN
THE SILVER AND THE DATE
ALL LEFT TO DECIDE
WAS WHO SAT FACE TO FACE
THE PLANNERS AND THE GUESTS
WERE DIVIDED BY THE TABLE
NO ONE HAD FAITH
THAT TEMPERS WOULD BE STABLE
THE WEASELS ARRIVED
CHECKED ATTITUDE AT THE DOOR
THE HOSTS EXPECTED LESS
AND HID WEAPONS IN THE FLOOR
THINGS BEGAN CIVIL
UNTIL MUSHROOMS HIT THE PLATE
THE INTOXICATION
FIRED THE GREAT DEBATE
HEALTH CARE AND GUN CONTROL
WERE SUBJECTS FORBIDDEN
WHEN TWO GROUPS ARE MEETING
FROM BOTH SIDES OF THAT RIBBON
SO CLUBS WERE PULLED
AND TEETH WERE BARED
WAS ANYBODY'S GUESS
HOW EACH SIDE FARED
THE RUMOR IS THE FIGHT GOES ON
TO THIS VERY DAY
EACH SIDE KNOWS BEST
THERE'S NO MEETING HALF WAY
22 comments:
you must be talking about asses and elephants... :)
my new favorite... i love it love it love it... you are sooooo talented. when i saw that photo i got nothing, this is PERFECT! and they do resemble congress a LOT...
Wow I really enjoyed this- good
perspective and creative!
An excellent poem which made me smile.
Oh, well done!
oh ho! What a buncha wise asses and stubborn elephants at this party....good one!
Have a great week!
Excellent fun with a great message we should listen to.
haha yes, the fight goes on for sure...donkeys and elephants trying to tramp on each others...smiles...nice tag....ha
Your ditty made a lot of sense...
Shap, inventive and quite sensible.
Well done ! I liked it ! Have a good day !
Haha! Pretty funny! Those asses and elephants could take note ...
Brilliant, love it!
Lynne x
Hmmm... sounds all too real to me. Nice write. :-)
Haha. Great writing, Gail!
IF only they really could check their attitudes at the door!!!...:)JP
I think this should be recited at every meeting - never seems to work though. Excellent - well done Gail - a keeper for sure - very clever.
Oh, my gosh, this is wonderful! - health care and gun control (or should that be gun care and health control?!) - two apropos topics!
And never the twain shall meet...
I'm giving you a standing ovation! You hit the nail on the head with this one!
Ah Democracy , Such a state of grace, hard to obtain and even harder to maintain, i think it was Harold Pinter said that .
haha
One of your best responses to any prompt, which is saying quite a lot.
=)
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