{"id":262469,"date":"2017-10-17T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T20:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=262469"},"modified":"2017-10-17T06:00:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T20:00:56","slug":"catullus-wont-dull-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/catullus-wont-dull-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Catullus won\u2019t dull us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Catullus won\u2019t dull us<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOdi et Amo, I hate and love the ignorant fish who even
\nwants the fly while writhing.\u201d\u2014 Catullus (84-54 B.C.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Bigly fish in a huuge bigly pond
\nsharp hooks and gaffes overlooked
\nwaves a golf club for a magic wand
\ndoesn\u2019t know his goose is cooked
\nignorant fish in troubled waters
\nChinese say that\u2019s the time to catch
\ntroubling fish his sons and daughters
\nand 17 lawyers starting to kvetch
\ncan\u2019t tear himself away from the mirror
\n\u201conly I can do it\u201d he continues to think
\ngenerals try to have him see clearer
\nvoters begin smelling the big stink
\nwanted a deal on that Russian tower
\nwhile he was running for election
\nMueller continues close inspection
\ngetting closer to the truth by the hour
\nCatullus\u2019 fish wanting fly and writhing
\n45\u2019s tax plan has few wealthy tithing.<\/p>\n

Trumpty\u2019s DC dump goes nationwide<\/strong><\/p>\n

In DC Trumpty Dumpty did a divisive dump
\nwhere the peaceful Potomac river runs through
\non a Congress led and misled by a hapless few
\nbroken bad bills in need of a Senate sump pump
\nso with alt right media ready to divide and pounce
\nwhile liberal talk shows blah blah and do their part
\nnewspapers squeeze pounds of flesh ounce by ounce
\nas Bannon squeals like a blind pig from Breitbart
\nMueller digs up dirt not perturbed in the \u2018dump\u2019
\npartisan propaganda machines continue in cyber space
\nas both sides run around frantically like Forrest Gump
\nRussian trolls buy media ads to target opponents race
\nshadows of the Capitol Dome cast gloom everywhere
\nfrom west San Diego, Denver, Dallas, to east Delaware.<\/p>\n

Belling the bigly cat<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTo argue or refute wise counselors abound, the man to execute is harder to be found\u201d \u2013 17th c. French fabulist, Jean De la Fontaine (1621-1695)<\/em><\/p>\n

So among the investigators who will bell the Bigly cat
\nin old politics days it was Do Nothings with big cigars
\nit will take a serious legal swamp rat to accomplish that
\nperhaps from the inside three generals with many stars
\nwho will stop the daily insults and constant name calling
\nthe Goldman Sachs cabinet rats see Bigly cat\u2019s tweets
\nfilled with meaningless content embarrassing appalling
\nmumbling words under their breath we won\u2019t repeat
\nhis base loved the moronic screech speech at the U N
\nCapitol Hill fat rats are tired of the pace of the chase
\nbellicose invective unheard since Kruschev back when
\nCongressional rats begin worry about the 2018 race
\nso around Bigly cat\u2019s neck who will hang the bell
\nthere are so many investigations its still hard to tell. <\/p>\n

Senryu one liners for political diners<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leader losing mind needs common sense school, logic blind
\npolicy by tweets, baby building blocks, school of hard knocks
\ngenerals gradually gaining ground good governance generated
\ntelling new false tales of Trumpty Dumpty all the King\u2019s men
\ncrystal ball gazing dumb deals antagonistic regulation razing
\nTV networks echo resists, a nation sees nearsighted narcissist
\nnorth to south Kim Young Dumb speaks diarrhea of the mouth
\nhis moves mean the whole world to me, Pacific island home
\nunder toxic hair dye neural networks fry, Trumpty\u2019s dwindling
\nPotomac pressure, a river of lies rise, needs to cease and desist
\nelection in depth as Soviet subterfuge entropy swallows all
\nexploring insanity and inanity first year of Trumpty in office.
\nfrom the minute he wakes up he\u2019s drinking from a bitter cup
\nthe moment he tweets the world\u2019s collective heart retreats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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