Scurrilous Doggerel from Now 'til Nov. 4, 2008 #2

Herewith, another poem--and a video version.

Poem begins here, maybe:

JOHN SIDNEY McCAIN III

 &

PTSD

1 

Doc, can you give me some signs — 

Some clues that might tell 

Whether John Sidney Three 

Has PTSD?

2 

Sure. One good way to tell’s 

If the man likes to yell, 

Can't tamp down his temper 

Has outbursts with friends.

3 

Or his behavior’s erratic, contradictory,

Much chaff and static; 

He’ll say, “Regulation's bad, regulation must end”;

And then, turn around and say

“Regulate we must, or our economy’s dust!”

He'll tell you that orange is white,

But white morphs to green

After his very next flight. 

4

Or, if when debating a topic 

He seems misanthropic, 

Is rude to his foes, 

Won't make eye-beams lock,

And glares at the host, 

Or stares at his toes.

5 

Or if he won’t say folk’s names,

Or just snarls, “My Friends.” And “That one!”

He doesn’t know ’em at all, 

For him, they’re just means, 

A means to his ends.

6 

Or he’s locked in the past, 

Tells war stories again, 

Over and over, almost without end. 

The cancer that bulged out John’s jaw 

Is the Grim Reaper’s bookmark, 

harsh, ugly and raw. 

Most likely, he’ll hide medical secrets, 

All the pills that he takes. 

And he’ll try to conceal 

That his hands have the shakes.

7 

You have to observe, 

Just watch with great care, 

and note well what you see,

as it's often quite hard 

to spot PTSD.

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Scurrilous Doggerel from Now 'til Nov. 4, 2008

john sidney mccain iii

mccain, mccain —

the man’s insane;

the vc got ’im

and broke his brain.

THE FAMILY BUSINESS

Dynasty three.

Live nasty; elite.

Got into Annapolis

(just barely, for III).

They joined with the Navy,

They went with the fleets.

There's John Sidney I,

 (The First in the string),

And John Sidney II,

 (The Second —"junior" is

not a dynasty thing),

Then John Sidney III, 

(The Third — is there one more?).

 

And the third is the worst, in a word,

’Cuz he has old scores to settle,

wounds that won't heal.

Wants to get his own back,

To even the score,

With captors who tortured

and tortured some more.

All of the Sidneys,

 I, II and III,

In family business,

all went to sea.

And the family business

It's the Business of War.

Whee.

THE MAN

WITH THE

FUNNY NAME

They call him Obama.

Is he from Yokohama?

Yo mama!

WHAT'S GOOD FOR GENERAL MOTORS

IS GOOD FOR THE UNITED STATES, REDUX

What's Good for Halliburton

 is Good for Dick Cheney.

Thank Thor they're not related,

Or Dick gets rewarded

for the war he created.

JOHN SIDNEY III

 &

PTSD

Doc, can you give me some signs —

Some clues that might tell

Whether John Sidney Three

Has PTSD?

Sure. One good way to tell's

If the man likes to yell,

Can't tamp down his temper

Has outbursts with friends.

Or his behavior's erratic,

Contradictory,

Much chaff and static;

He'll say 'Regulation's bad,

regulation must end';

And then, 'Regulate we must,

Or our economy is dust!'

He'll tell you that orange is white,

But white morphs to green

After his very next flight.

Or, if when debating a topic

He seems misanthropic,

Is rude to his foes, 

Won't make eye-beams lock,

And glares at the host,

Or stares at his toes.

Or if he won't say folk’s names,

Or just snarls, “My Friends.”

He doesn't know 'em at all,

For him, they're just means,

A means to his ends.

Or he's locked in the past,

Tells war stories again,

Over and over, almost without end.

The cancer that bulged out John's jaw

Is mortality's reminder,

harsh, ugly and raw.

He'll hide medical secrets,

All the pills that he takes.

And he'll try to conceal

That his hands have the shakes.

You have to observe,

just watch with great care,

 and note well what you see

as it's often quite hard

to spot PTSD.

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