Take a Seat, Guv-nor
A Poetic Handle on an Illinois Scandal
NOTE: This limerick series is particularly suited for our friends and loved ones in Illinois, where Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested on charges of attempting to market President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder. Blagojevich faces multiple bribery charges as well. Obama denies any link to the scandal.
"The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling
is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side."
(James Baldwin, American author)
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Dear Guv-nor, a cruel twist of fate,
Does place you on justice's slate.
By dipping the till,
Your coffers to fill,
You'll learn to make new license plates.
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Your pinstripes, you'll trade for new stripes
For mingling with wilder types.
You'll wave through the door
In wing forty-four
While banging your speeches on pipes.
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By selling Obama's old seat,
You now brand-new contacts will meet.
They'll shout, "I believe
You tried to deceive,"
As crow and stale fruitcake you'll eat.
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You're living the postcard and more,
Sad chapter in Illinois lore -
The piper you'll pay,
As you'll go away
For hosting a Senate price war.
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And yet, voters might offer grace,
If you would your guilt not erase.
Come clean in a flush,
And put down your brush.
Perhaps you'll outlive your disgrace.
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- This limerick series is particularly suited for our friends and loved ones in Illinois.
- Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested on bribery charges.
- President-elect Barack Obama denies any link to the Senate seat-selling scandal.
10 Comments
Post a CommentI love it!!
It's really astounding, amazing how many politicos won't come clean and count on the power of the media to help them with their bad behavior when the facts seem clear. I don't think he will ever come clean. I've seen this play before.
Great work, Linda!
BRILLANT!
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Good work!
great one!
nice job
Crow and stale fruitcake......perfectly put!
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