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: : I just stumbled on your site. Don't know if this is the correct way to submit some work, but thought I'd give it a try. Please advise. : : A LIMERICK ON THE MEANING OF IS : : The president knows not what "is" means : : And the intelligence of all he demeans : : Such deceitful word games : : As he everyone blames : : But himself, when he let drop his jeans. : : 1998 by Phil Trieb, Gary SD : : IMPEACH I : : When the experts cite "materiality" : : While they dance on the head of a pin : : And wander so far from reality : : As they quibble o'er contemptible sin : : The sin made the sinner a byword : : A joke on the world's moral screen : : For in groups large or small there is oft heard : : Laughs of derision, and lecherous grins seen : : And Forefathers in coffins are rolling : : Over laws that have been turned into trash : : The Foremothers are in their graves screaming : : And both on this travesty gnash. : : If they could, yes they would break the deathchains : : And return, stand and do what is right : : Then the guilty would suffer the true pains : : And we would be led from this night. : : 1998 by Phil Trieb, Gary SD : : IMPEACH II : : Will Congress impeach or just censure : : Or forget it and simply move on : : And claim they have taken the temp'ture : : Of the people, who say it's too long : : But what would it say to the nation : : If a liar gets away with a crime : : Continues to live in high station : : No punishment, no penalty, no fine : : For if the garbage man, teacher or banker : : Had done what this profligate did : : The courts would rise up and with rancor : : Send the scoundrel away, and forbid : : That he ever again fill the office : : Which he had when foul offense was made : : And the pundits would join and so loud hiss : : Pour contempt on the bum, "Renegade!" : : But we have seen strong backbones buckle : : As leaders turn tail and fast run : : And the late night TV hosts do chuckle : : They've never had such easy fun : : While the anchors and media pollsters : : Taste the broth, skip the meat in the stew : : And cops turn in badges and holsters : : Disillusioned, don't know what to do : : With our highest lawmaker a swiller : : Making joke of the law of the land : : And our proud constitutional pillar : : Decays to a small heap of sand : : 1998 by Phil Trieb, Gary SD

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