Two Conventions

The Two Conventions

 

(for Kathleen Riley, Ph.D.)

 

“Patriotism versus Propaganda”:

That’s how Jon Meacham sees the two conventions.

Ho, hum.  A drunk, concussed, sub-normal panda

Could speak more truth with more serene intentions.

“Patriot” Joe is owned by Chairman Xi—

Which guarantees a future Communistic

If Democrats should triumph finally.

The ghost of JFK will go ballistic!

Luckily, Joe and Kamala can win

Only through universal mail-in cheating.

Let such enabling therefore not begin—

Despite Pelosi’s shrill, relentless bleating!

I view the contrast through a different prism.

That is:  Dementia versus Dynamism.

 

 

–Tom Riley

 

New Craziness

The New Craziness

With a series of popular apps,
They encourage us, people, to lapse
Into madness profound.
How malfunctions abound
When you trip technological traps!

–Tom Riley

Moronic Mimesis

Moronic Mimesis

If the plagiarist
could steal God’s handiwork, he
wouldn’t even hesitate.

–Tom Riley

 

William Blake, The Great Architect

Pivot

Pivot

Biden’s trying to pivot at last
On the riots – but his die is cast.
Lawless punks are his guys—
Though he feebly denies
And blames Trump (as he has in the past).

–Tom Riley

 

Vital Democrat Voting Bloc

Vital Democrat Voting Bloc

Biden’s handlers at last have decided
That he must decry riots. Two-sided
Are his comments, however.
Withhold judgment? Hey, never!
By the rioters he’d be derided.

–Tom Riley

(Biden tells rioting Democrats to cool it for now, even though all cops are still guilty.)

Underpart Evasion

Underpart Evasion

 

Up on stage with cerebrum-dead Joe,
Did she get a request for a blow?
Lucky girl! She was blessed.
Biden made no request
Of the lips never known to say no.

 

–Tom Riley

 

Leftist Lioness

Leftist Lioness

 
Ofay slut who’s conceptually dead
Should be told she cannot get ahead.
But she dreams up lame shit,
Scores a media hit,
And is lionized, brothers, instead.

 
–Tom Riley

 

Get-Rich Sick Scheme

Get-Rich Sick Scheme

 

White Fragility authoress sucks.
She is lamer than countless lame fucks.
It cannot be denied
That George Floyd, oppressed, died
So that this bitch could rake in the bucks.

 

–Tom Riley

 

Jolly Old Elf

Jolly Old Elf

 

Mark P. Shea is a panicky fairy.
Though he’s Santa Claus fat, he ain’t merry.
COVID threat makes him piss
Pants too monstrous to miss.
Of his state of mind, people, be wary.

 

–Tom Riley

 

 

Tons of Thomist

Tons of Thomist

 

Today the bonehead Shea will lecture us
Concerning the Angelic Doctor. Hey,
There’s no one quite as confident as Shea,
Despite an ignorance that’s obvious!
When he screws up, you shouldn’t make a fuss.
His errors fit the mindset of the day.
Your truths he wishes airily away.
He won’t be harried by the studious.
Aquinas you have read for many years
While Shea has chosen endlessly to fatten
His mind on current hatreds, fleeting fears?
Your erudition he will swiftly flatten
With some cliché he keeps between his ears.
It doesn’t matter that he knows no Latin.

 

–Tom Riley