After the debates in the NYS Gubernatorial race, I was soooo pleased that Poetic Asides posted the prompt, “What I Like About…” This is an equal opportunity offender! Even the Dems get it in the butt!
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE 2010 NYS RACE FOR GUV
Sure, Cuomo’s in
but I watched the debates anyway
Hoping to see Paladino explode
but he ran offstage to do his exploding in the men’s room
He must have been tranquilized
I didn’t hear a single remark about gays being damned or that his son is STRAIGHT, dammit
I have no horse in this race
since the all-but crowned winner
is same old, same old
and his daddy held the office first
and I saw how that played out in the White House
But the also-rans were great
A former madame for the Anti-Prohibition Party
who, while endorsing legalized marijuana and casinos,
did not endorse legalizing prostitution
Now there’s a confused person
The RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH Party
I swear, I couldn’t make this stuff up
Col Sanders is now black
andtalkssofastyoucanhardlykeepup
And while rent may BE high
I cannot in good conscience give them my vote
Because the correct name should be
The Rent Is Too DAMNED High Party
I hate bad grammar
Loved the Greens cause they love the earth
Great agenda on the environment
They understand that ‘hydro-fracturing’
is actually ‘hydro-chemicals-including-methane-fracturing’
You can’t frack without chemicals
As Starbuck would say, “Don’t frack with me”
Libertarian, suitably stern
Would privatize everything
and we’d watch our houses burn
if we didn’t keep up our fire dept. payments
Cuomo, silk-suitably smug
Talked like a weiner
I mean winner
There were more candidates, I think
But these were the standouts
I’m going to start my own party
and call it:
The Price Of Prostitutes Is Too Damn High/Don’t Frack With Me/Legalize Pot/Tax The Rich Til They’re Poor/Health Care For All/If You Want To Wear A Hijab or Other Arabic Dress In Public, Juan Williams Will Have To Get The Hell Over It
…Party
Sharp Little Pencil 
Buddah Moskowitz
Hey kiddo
been off the charts lately – (say a prayer for my Ma – had heart bypass this week)
loved this tho – keep writing – you’re a kick and a half
much love
the Mosk
Jingle
productive you.
so many poems are in a row…
keep shining.,
Sharp Little Pencil
Thanks, Jingle. Even though it’s a bleak October, the sun in shining within, thanks in part to you and the rest of the Jingle Bells! Amy
Jingle
http://jingleyanqiu.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/halloween-party-at-jingle-poetry-monday-poetry-potluck-tomorrow/
Happy Halloween to you.
Hope to see you at our poetry potluck Halloween party tonight. Post a poem on Halloween, or share an old poem unrelated to the theme, link in as soon as we are open, that’s how you get the best result of feedback.
Feel free to take any awards from this post, enjoy!
xxx
JZ Knowles-Smith
It’s not too late to include this piece in the anthology ‘We Called It Satire: Doggerel of the Political Sphere 1982-2010’!
poetcolette
Hilarious! Can I join?
Sharp Little Pencil
Yeah, if your Official Streetwalker ID credentials are in order, LOL
uponthewingsofnight
Bill Maher did a piece on Real Time about the Donner Party. You should check that out on YouTube. The ending of this poem reminded me of that. Brett
Sharp Little Pencil
The Donner Party!!! Never thought of that one, inspired, but then, we’re talking Mahr. Snarkier than you and me put together! Would there platform be, “A Chick in Every Pot?”