Most Horrendous Crime of the Year - a Carol in Rhyme for the Holiday Time

By Request . . . Here is Another Fractured Christmas Carol

Linda Ann Nickerson
(These lyrics may be sung to the familiar Christmas carol tune,
"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.")

What's the most horrendous crime of the year?
Did Obama inhale it,
Would Clinton unveil it,
And who really cares?
What's the most horrendous crime of the year?

What's the most horrific scam to befall?
There's a fake ossuary
That proved most contrary
And not Christ's at all,
What's the most horrific scam to befall?

We've had Britney Spears driving,
Our fuel prices rising,
And houses refusing to sell;
There were foreclosure stories,
Big financial gories;
The Dow-Jones, it rose and then fell.

What's the most horrendous crime of the year?
As Drew Peterson cowered,
The Cabinet deflowered,
Advisors, feel fear!
What's the most horrendous crime of the year?

Who's the hap-happiest convict of all?
Is it OJ, once more,
Inmate Paris, for sure,
Lindsey Lohan's free-fall?
Who's the hap-happiest convict of all?

We have Dubya for roasting,
The Dems, they are toasting,
The GOP's loading for bear.
We have scary stump stories
Reliving the glories
Of candidates no longer there.

What's the most horrendous crime of the year?
We've had too much tiptoeing
And not really knowing
The truth so unclear.
What's the most horrendous crime of the year?

What's the most tremendous,
Most stupendous,
Most upend-us,
Overspend us,
Might offend us,
But won't bend us,
Most horrendous crime of the year?

Published by Linda Ann Nickerson - Featured Contributor in Lifestyle and Sports

Linda Ann Nickerson brings decades of reporting and a globally minded Midwestern perspective to a host of topics, balancing human interest with history, hard facts and often humor.  View profile

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  • reader12/21/2007

    Maybe the Omaha...nahhh, let's keep this page jolly & funny...nice poem

  • Missy H.12/21/2007

    haha cute.

  • Amy Brantley12/19/2007

    Cute :)

  • Bobbie Benton12/18/2007

    Really well done. I sang it as I read it. :)

  • jobythebay12/17/2007

    I loved it and imo, it's Bush - everything about him is a crime.

  • Hannah12/16/2007

    Absoloutely loved it! I really sang it too!!

  • Elena H.12/16/2007

    Very clever!

  • Chris M. Carmichael12/16/2007

    Oh this is wonderful! great job

  • Lori Piper12/16/2007

    excellent... well done.... bravo... two thumbs up... five stars!!!

  • Lenora Murdock12/16/2007

    LOL. Exceptionally well done piece. I love it.

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