Clerihews for the Uncommon Man
a.k.a. Politicians
Kathryn A. LeRoy, Ph.D., was kind enough to jar the mental wheels this morning with a challenge about clerihews. Which were, up until 46 minutes ago, completely unknown to me.
I will directly quote Kathryn on the form of these beauties, just to keep things consistent.
“Edward Clerihew Bentley claims to have invented this whimsical biographical poem to escape boredom during his chemistry class. A clerihew begins with the name of the poem’s subject, generally someone famous. The four-line poem follows the AABB rhyme scheme and usually has an irregular line length and meter.”
Since I went to sleep last night, after shuffling through some current political videos on YouTube, my mind was naturally whipsawing back and forth over recent events, flubs, miscues, blunders, lapses in reason and judgment and the general buffoonery commonly known as the Trump Administration.
Thus, these clerihews came from that turbulent period of sleep.
Starting at the top only seems fair. The president should be first in the minds of his people, if not in their hearts.
President Donald J Trump Could do with a Grand Ole thump. In office he really sucks at multi-tasking But not nearly as bad as his recent unmasking.
Moving deftly from the top of the heap to the next piece in the pile, I give you Mr. Pence.
Vice President Michael Richard Pence Must be suffering dearly from straddling the fence. His pained expressions though are quite depressing No doubt from the bollock’s constant compressing.
I know little about Secretary Pompeo, which in retrospect has helped me to sleep better at night. But from what I have seen and heard; this little missive seems apropos.
Secretary Michael Richard Pompeo Has finally come to terms with being pendejo. And with both feet planted firmly in bluster We’re seeing all the truth he can muster.
Attorney General Barr has been with Trump longer than most; he must have a special relationship with the President, which I try to explore, just a little, with this one.
Attorney General William Pelham Barr Has parents proud that he’s gotten this far. Though his intimacy with Donald J Trump Has left First Lady Melania quite stumped.
There you have it. A little political swordplay, non-violent of course. As no one was actually skewed during the process.
I am tagging the same characters that Kathryn did, plus one or two others, in the hopes they will share their special clerihews with all of us.
What about it Amy Marley, Henery X (long), Keno Ogbo, Tree, Samantha, P.G. Barnett, Harley King and others who use their poetic voices?
Joe Luca is writer and editor for ILLUMINATION and a published author and writer of children’s stories, short fiction, non-fiction articles, screenplays and poetry. Publications include Child’s Life, Children’s Playmate and others. There are some other articles below — have a read. And thank you for stopping by.
