She chased him here and chased him there
And then, when he finally caught her
Hooked, befuddled and unaware
He married his mother-in-law’s daughter
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Lacking a zip code, Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address
Could he have done it with today's mail service or even our U.P.S?
Does the turn of the century turn left or right?
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Washington reeks of cronyism
A trait methinks un-ethical
So closely linked to phony-ism
Of politicians path-etical
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Eighteen year olds die in war
But are not allowed a drink
This taboo is judicial flaw
Most incongruous, I think
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The chicken or the egg, which came first?
The answer seems a mystery
It’s had great minds immersed
Throughout our thinking history
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The symptoms are deleterious
Not something to sneeze about
A condition sneeze-ingly serious
As the season’s ragweed sprout
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If you drove a Studebaker
Recall Page Boy's hairy style
When the gals were still homemakers
You've been around a while
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Mr. Weatherman, please tell us plainly
Will it be cloudy, sunny or rainy
There are so many things we don’t need to know
Just tell us please if you know it will snow
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(Any similarities to persons living or dead is purely, most assuredly, intentional)
Perched atop his throne in D.C.
He believes he’s our High Holy See
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Audacious, Fallacious, Loquacious, Vivacious
Words with rhyming adherence
It seems I’m no longer poetically tenacious
To grant them a poem-ing appearance
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