Philosophy by Limerick – Hot, Throbbing Democracy
“Equine or a pachyderm style?” Ms. Street Hooker asks with a smile. “Trickle-down while I wail out Snatch wallet and bail out! You won’t want to vote for a while!” Old Jules Tagged: culture, economy,...
View ArticlePhilosophy by Limerick: * A Corncob and a Lie
“Bend over and spread your cheeks,” Aristocrat smirks to the meeks, “Believe you’ll inherit By pachyderm merit Or equine, earth’s limitless peaks.” Old Jules * Apologies to Archibald MacLeish when he...
View ArticlePhilosophy by Limerick – Billboard Confession Booth
The woe-gunning sloganning wienies So frightened of commies and greenies Would sell their own grannies And illegal nannies To hear themselves venting their spleenies. Old Jules Tagged: billboard,...
View ArticlePhilosophy by Limerick – Dante Disneyland
Minnie Mouse can be open-minded And wabbits can sometimes be blinded By synthetic passion Of this or that fashion: Uncle Scrooge accepts plastic! [Reminded!] Old Jules Tagged: adult, art, creative...
View ArticlePhilosophy by Limerick: Rhetorical Obscene Hand Gestures
The role-models offer a clue While naming only a few: Bush, Reagan, [post-Dallas] And Billary’s palace: Spit polishing won’t make it new. Old Jules Tagged: creative writing, culture, due process,...
View ArticlePhilosophy by Limerick – Patrician Solutions
While a peasant ponders An insect in amber can last Long after its species is past: Urge you to clamber Avoiding the amber And eat extinct plants for repast. Old Jules Tagged: creative writing,...
View ArticlePhilosophy by Limerick – Divining the Future – The Oracle
An absurd, grotesque dis-assembly Will waltz across Florida nimbly: Plebes and Patricians And news statisticians Will celebrate parodies grimly. Old Jules Tagged: conventions, culture, elections,...
View ArticlePhilosophy by Limerick – The Intestinal Parasite
Two political parties, or thrice, Patricians are fatter than lice. When bones are scraped narrow They’ll suck out the marrow, Turn knuckle-bones into dice. Old Jules Tagged: economy, Human Behavior,...
View ArticleThe thorny ethics of silence – Philosophy by limerick
This is Stormy. Her reputation was ruined when the president broke their non-disclosure agreement and gabbed to all his evangelist buddies. Now her phone rings day and night and she can’t get a moment...
View ArticleTwo rich men and the eye of a needle – Philosophy by limerick
Mark 10:25 – “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” Some things don’t need to be said And a jet plane can mess with your...
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