All Thumbs

Composing a rhyme on your phone
Is something to postpone.
Though to be fair
When you do err
For that sin you need not atone.

UK Elections

The Brits
In fits

The electorate split
EU ties unknit.

As capitalism benefits only the few
What else is there actually to do?

Arguing that markets should be free
Will get a pol pilloried.

Britain’s Strange Election - NYTimes.com via kwout

Glued to the Tube for the National Pastime

Sunday night baseball on ESPN
The Yankees and Red Sox at it again. 
Barring a rainout I will be watching
Hoping the Yankees another win notching. 

Who comes up with thes?

Citation and Man o' War
Those were names you could adore.
Look at the ones in the Derby now.
Remember these names?  I wonder how.

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Mainly like our parents

When the income distribution is sticky
The social implications are icky.
It's not a question of merit.
Rather it's what you inherit. 

Thinking that the reverse is true
Most people see no need to undo
A system that is inherently unfair
Their beliefs are why they do not care.

American Dream? Or Mirage? - NYTimes.com via kwout

Paying Attention

Going to a wokrshop
First time this semester
Attention please be nonstop
Though it's time for my siesta.

Admitting Error

Saying that you're wrong
In prose, not in sing-song
Is very difficult to do
Which is why it we eschew.

Ideology and Integrity - NYTimes.com via kwout