Tag: satire
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King of the High Seas by H.L. Dowless
The King of the High Seas went down today,To the bottom in a furious gale storm.The skies were stormy,Dismal,And oh so gray,Times in general were certainly not the norm. The Congress was deeply divided for eighty years,Contesting in a huge ongoing tug of war.Bitterness fueled embattled rages,And fearsOf what the future lay in store. The…
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The Goal of All Life by Eliot Rite
A stain of chemicals and a pound of flesh are all it takes to enter. Such a fee is marginal as the true cost is time. As days swell to weeks in a trimester or three they burst out on all fours sleeping at the starting line, awaiting the cord to be cut. With…
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When Pigs Fly by Saul Huggins
Six years ago Swine flu visited our farm, Forcing Virginia Hambone to stand firmAgainst the public use of mucky troughs,Which was causing the trots and coughs. Pigs were ordered to remain in their styesAnd baptize their trotters to avert demise.Sty-to-sty sales sows solicited salty swill.A barn was set for the expired and the ill. Presently wild…