By Emily Rosen
Politics, politics, 24 seven
That’s what it looked like in twenty eleven
Auspicious beginning in terms of locution
On the floor of the house – the U.S. Constitution
Two days after that came a kook with a gun
Causing havoc in Tucson with folks on the run
Congressional Gabby was shot in the head
Some even died leaving blood, shock and dread
At the State of the Union, Ds and Rs sat together
But their bonding was not even strong as a feather
Then a sudden eruption — an Arab decree
In Tunisia, then Egypt, folks marched to be free
Mubarak stepped down in a possible sting
And momentum was there for the Arab Spring
While the State of Wisconsin struck out against strikes
As unions and allies “Facebooked” “unlikes”
In Japan, a disaster that rendered it bleak
With an earthquake that triggered a nuclear leak
‘Twas “the budget” and Libya both in the news
Gaddafi – Paul Ryan – were singing the blues
There was rapture, of course, midst the angst of the world
When Willie and Katie took vows and then twirled
Tornadoes moved Southward, but still NASA launched
As Birthers held doubts that were ever so staunch
And Lo! and Behold! Out of Af-ghan-is-tan
Came the news that we rubbed out Bin Laden, “The Man”
A love-child from Arnold, and Weiner showed pix
Ruppert Murdoch in scandal – the world needs a fix!
Bibi in congress – Obama feels stalked
But gays can get married, at last, in New York
The Anthony trial was an endless distraction
‘Til they called her “not guilty” for an O.J. reaction
Terror in Oslo, riots in London
While the S & P here found its credit was undone
Over 600 points as the market got clobbered.
When folks checked their statements, they probably slobbered
Gaddafi got ousted. It just took so long
And, in D.C., an earthquake, though not very strong
Only days before blustering winds brought “Irene”
And destruction that lingered for days at the scene
Finally got rid of Don’t ask, Don’t tell
Banishing fears that we’ll all go to hell
Trump, Christie, Palin all out of the race
While a whole crowd of others took up in that space
Like the “Lock Box” of yore for which none of us pine
Instead, we were subject to “nine, nine and nine”
Never immune from crass degradation
Came Penn State and Syracuse sex allegations
Occupy Wall Street folks spread out their cause
As dollars for Bankers flowed in without pause
The Super Committee broke up with folks pissed
With blame on the pledge made to Grover Norquist
Cain down in flames as more women “alleged”
And when Trump made an offer, most candidates hedged
Corzine is clueless how billions got lost
Dr. Conrad “killed” Michael – in jail he was tossed
The e-world and iWorld invaded by mobs
Despite that, we’ve suffered the loss of Steve Jobs
The iphone, the ipad, much more is predicted
To tweeting and texting we’re getting addicted
As I write this – there’s 20 days more I must shelve
‘til we greet the unknowable year 2012
Which surely by all we can fathom from here
Will be a real blockbuster type of a year.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
