Hot Off the Press

MendedFences27

Hot Off the Press

 

It’s there on the front page.

From an absent-minded sage

who Op-Eded the clash

of those hauling in cash 

and those driving for “DoorDash” 

In the op-ed, as I said

an article on the gap 

between the rich and the poor.

How the poor are either dying or dead

while the rich are lying in bed 

and living in the lap 

of wealth and amour.

 

Send in the clowns….

Where are the clowns?....

Don’t worry they’re here.

 

In Florida. There’s a new circus in town

their burning books

 and trying to take Disney down.

Mickey Mouse challenged to a joust.

Busing their immigrants to sanctuaries

that operate at a loss.

They should be sending them Lemon’s

like in Glengarry Glen Ross.

 

In the Centerfold, looking very old 

photos of them, two very old men.

In seeking to lead, sometimes you bleed

sometimes you bow out, before the checkout 

and a leader emerges among polling surges.

 

In the Sports it’s all about France.

Competition at a glance: Too many events

with too many segments.

Neck is sore, I can’t take it any more. 

Not everyone’s there, too busy at war

too many dead to account for.

One bright spot beneath the tower

came a voice to overpower

and take us away for an hour

from the threat of Nuclear War.

 

The Health section is indisposed, I suppose.

Way too many drugs with side effects

including the death effect.

They call it Big Pharma for a reason

Not because their tending the fields

It’s because they’re fielding the ($) tender.

No, Big is the reason

as in billions of dollars 

 

Back page has photos of aging tyrants

facing their own doom, 

they become aspirants

trying to claim the world as their own

living on human growth hormone

looking as though their half alive

and are part of the has-been archive.

We need to monitor these creeps

to insure they don’t fall asleep

and blow us to kingdom come.



In the Science section it's all about AI

and the disappearance of processes

that once required thought.

How they will be transmogrified 

into robotic responses and job losses.

We forgot, “What hath God wrought?”

It’s now “What’s in your Wallet?”

IOU everything I’ve got.

 

Welcome to the world of AI Wars.

  • Author: MendedFences27 (Online Online)
  • Published: August 1st, 2024 10:14
  • Comment from author about the poem: Just blowing off steam....Pfffffffft!
  • Category: Sociopolitical
  • Views: 20
  • Users favorite of this poem: Teddy.15
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  • sorenbarrett

    Thank you for giving me the news of the day and now I feel I won't have to watch it. Well written in good verse a fun read.

    • MendedFences27

      Thanks, SB. Your paper has been delivered.

    • Neville

      I was in Florida very recently .. not all of it mind, but certainly in Miami for 4th July and was very surprised at how different it is today to when I last paid a call .. and having got that out into the open, I think I can now more fully appreciate your chagrin .. this is by the way very much of the moment I fear .. and just hope your middle name is not Nostradamus .. Neville

      • MendedFences27

        Thanks, Neville. It seems there are tyrant-want-to-bes all over the globe. It's time to put them in their place. People are not things you barter for. There are no superior beings. We are all the same and those of which I speak are mentally challenged. What's funny is that they are massively outnumbered and do not realize it. All it would take to knock them down is for everyone to do nothing. How long would they last standing alone?

      • Tony36

        Great write

      • Teddy.15

        So very brilliant every last line. Frightening but so damn true. The journals are the same world wide. 🌹

        • MendedFences27

          Thank you, Teddy. It's time for the people to speak up.

        • Doggerel Dave

          Your Full Bore Safety Valve worked extremely efficiently from what I can see here, Phil.
          Now while I'm not going to make comment on the ‘state of the nation’ wrt the USA (don’t try me!) much of that steam could be reasonably blasted off from a point somewhere on another part of the globe, like……..
          Such a good write.

          • MendedFences27

            Thanks DD.
            I'll have you know, my Full-Bore Safety Valve is working fine, aside from an occasional leak once in a while. It's about time for everyone everywhere to blast off and let you know who have it.

            • Doggerel Dave

              Hear bloody hear........ So long as the 'you know who' is plural - there's plenty......

              • MendedFences27

                It's as plural as a crowd.

              • Goldfinch60

                Very good rant Phil, I agree with most of it.

                Andy

                • MendedFences27

                  Thanks Andy. I tend to rant more these days.



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